- Date
- January 26, 1984, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Snowville, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94251Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840126026849A
- Case key
- 6409
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crash landed in a pasture during a go-around attempt after a demonstration forced landing. The go-around was delayed and the terrain rose faster than the acft ascent rate. Since there was a powerline in the way the CFI elected to land the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94251
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285631
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Virginia Technical Airport
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 24, 1983
- Departed
- VPI · Blacksburg, VA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 165 in this make and model · 890 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N94251 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.