- Date
- November 4, 1989, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N95617Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891104044369A
- Case key
- 8178
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Probable cause
Pilot's temporary physical condition (possible hyperventilation or anxiety attack). Soft terrain in the emergency landing area was considered to be a related factor.
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
A private plt (18 year old student, flying a university acft) was on a cross-country instructional flt. Drg the flt, he noted a tingling feeling that began in his fingertips. At first, he was not concerned, since he thought it was caused by holding the controls too tightly. As time passed, the tingling spread up his arms & a similar sensation was noted in his legs. The tingling turned to numbness & eventually affected his face & speech. He elected to make an emergency landing; however, the field that he selected was softer than he expected. Immediately after touchdown, the wheels entered the soft dirt & the acft nosed over. Subsequent medical examinations failed to reveal any medical problems with the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95617
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285939
- Airframe hours
- 3,237
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southern Ill Univ Bd Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 31, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Madisonville, KY
- Destination
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 90 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.