- Date
- March 22, 1991, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- California, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N757PHCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910322008029A
- Case key
- 11668
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons resulting in a forced landing and on ground collision with terrain.
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
The airplane was on takeoff climb at about 350 feet MSL when the engine lost power. The pilot conducted a forced landing and landed straight ahead in a field. The engine was test run and it operated over various power settings without evidence of mechanical defect noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757PH
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Atc
- Registered owner
- Atc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 2W6 · Leonardtown, MD
- Destination
- W28 · Ft. Washington, MD
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NHK, 999 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.