# NTSB ATL86LLT07: Cessna 152, N93472, Dyersburg, TN, February 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 25, 1986, 10:08 local (16:08 UTC)
- Place: Dyersburg, TN
- Coordinates: 36.030227, -89.379776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0302&lon=-89.3798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7206
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LLT07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7206/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LLT07

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ON THE EDGE OF A 5000 FT OPEN FIELD DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER THE STUDENT PLT ON HIS FIRST SOLO X-COUNTRY BECAME LOST & CONFUSED. HE LANDED OFF ARPT EVEN THOUGH HE STILL HAD ABOUT 3 HRS FUEL. WX WAS NOT THREATENING AND HE WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH MEMPHIS CENTER WHO WAS TRYING TO HELP. THE STUDENT'S CFI THOUGHT THAT THE LANDING WAS THE RESULT OF PANIC AND POOR JUDGEMENT. THE STUDENT PLT FAILED TO SHUT OFF THE SWITCHES & FUEL AFTER THE ACC AND THE ACFT BURNED COMPLETELY.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - precautionary landing - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - tree(s)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93472](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93472-2013-06-05), registration cancelled 2013-06-05, S/N 15285497, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 85494
- Airframe hours: 3979
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: T.A. Whitehurst, doing business as Bolivar Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, February 19, 1986, 10 hours before
- Departed: M08, BOLIVAR, TN
- Destination: DYR, DYERSBURG, TN
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 104 total, 104 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DYR, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860225003719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860225003719A), Feb 25, 1986: Cessna 152, Dyersburg, TN, Destroyed. Was lost. Unable to use VOR correctly. Struck trees on precautionary landing to a field when attention was diverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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