- Date
- April 19, 1985, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5330BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850419013689A
- Case key
- 6778
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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
Pilot experienced power failure during climbout. A forced landing was made in a plowed fld and the acft nosed over. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the carburetor airbox seal had deteriorated and lodged in the throat of the carburetor. Last annual inspection was completed 96 flt hrs prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5330B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152283838
- Airframe hours
- 2,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gold Dust Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1984 · 96 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,341 total · 1,728 in this make and model · 3,166 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.