- Date
- October 29, 1988, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hazel Green, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N555DUCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881029049869A
- Case key
- 7946
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight instructor and the pre-solo student crashed after takeoff about 1/2 mile from the Hazel Green airport. The acft had been operated about one hour since the original takeoff from huntsville, Alabama. The instructor pilot reported that about 12 gallons of fuel was on board at huntsville. The wreckage examination revealed only a small quantity of fuel in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555DU
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1520759
- Airframe hours
- 3,911
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Duane H. Uken, doing business as Redstone Arsenal Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Duane Uken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 24, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Hazel Green, AL
- Destination
- Huntsville, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- M38 · Hazel Green, runway 7, 2,670 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,469 total · 251 in this make and model · 1,318 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 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.