- Date
- November 9, 1986, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6617LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861109054099A
- Case key
- 7346
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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
During a local instructional flight, the CFI was demonstrating a simulated emergency landing to a field to a 5 hour pre-solo student pilot. During recovery the aircraft was reportedly affected by a downdraft and collided with a wire. The acft began losing power and was forced to the collide with the ground. Local surface winds at the time were recorded to be 15 knots with 28 knot gusts. There were no pre-impact mechanical or structural descrepancies with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6617L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15228446
- Airframe hours
- 2,007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Smith Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 8, 1986 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- EXX · Lexington, NC
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 250 in this make and model · 451 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT, 25 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.