- Date
- April 5, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moultrie, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48885Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860405053149A
- Case key
- 7082
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
A deputy sheriff rented an acft to assist the sheriff's dept with a ground search for an escaped prisoner. Witnesses observed the acft flying low and slow over the area when it made a partial turn and pitch down into the trees. There were no indications of mechanical difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48885
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281028
- Airframe hours
- 2,230
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anderson Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 8, 1985 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- MGR · Moultrie, GA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 147 in this make and model · 115 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.