- Date
- July 10, 2018, 21:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place
- Ponte de Sor, Portugal
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- CS-DGUCessna 152
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- GPIA
- Case key
- 97746
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Portugal has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Cessna 152 airplane that occurred on July 10, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Portugal's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Portugal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CS-DGU
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-84811
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Sôr Air - Sociedade De Aeronáutica, S.A
- Departed
- LPSO · Ponte de Sor
- Destination
- LPSO · Ponte de Sor
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LPSO, runway 21
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at
- LPMR