- Date
- February 21, 1986, 00:50 local (05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wilkesboro, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N93567Cessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860221004749A
- Case key
- 6926
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after midnight the acft was observed flying erratically over the town. IMC existed in the area at the time. The student plt did not have any instrument flight time logged and his pax was not a plt. The acft was in a descending turn when it flew into the trees on the side of a hill. The student plt worked for the owner of the acft but did not have a flt scheduled for that date.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93567
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152 85517
- Airframe hours
- 728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilkes Aviation Center,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1986 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- IKB · Wilkesboro, NC
- Airport
- IKB · Wilkesboro
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 60 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.