- Date
- September 1, 1979
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25800Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790901021399A
- Case key
- 134009
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2287 79/9/1 DETROIT,MI CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N25800 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 396 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 196 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRASER,MI DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25800
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N25800Registration cancelled Mar 1, 2018 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.