- Date
- June 13, 1989, 11:17 local (16:17 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N24451Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890613020619A
- Case key
- 8037
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Probable cause
The separation of the mixture cable from the carburetor. Contributing factor(s) was: inadequate maintenance and inspection of the airplane and the soft terrain encountered during the forced landing.
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
After a series of turns-about-a-point, the airplane experienced a partial loss of power when full throttle was applied to initiate a climb. Subsequent efforts by the instructor and the private-pilot student to regain power were unsuccessful, and a forced ldg was made in a plowed field. The airplane encountered soft dirt and nosed over during the landing roll. Post-examination of the airplane revealed that the mixture control cable had separated from the mixture control lever on the carburetor; the cable end had pulled out of the attachment hardware. The airplane had undergone a 100-HR inspection about 1 month before the mishap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24451
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280262
- Airframe hours
- 3,245
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bolivar Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 18, 1989 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- M08 · Bolivar, TN
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.