# NTSB CEN18WA264: Cessna 152, Ponte de Sor, Portugal, July 10, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 10, 2018, 21:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place: Ponte de Sor, Portugal
- Coordinates: 39.211387, -8.0825 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2114&lon=-8.0825&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: GPIA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97746
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA264
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97746/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA264

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152-84811
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; student; seat: left

## Weather

- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at: LPMR

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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