- Date
- July 3, 1982, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Harlan, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65609Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820703028299A
- Case key
- 70963
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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
Reportedly, the pilot was demonstrating a forced landing to the passenger by moving the mixture to cut-off. He stated that another aircraft interferred with his approach and he was unable to restart the engine to go around. Subsequently, the aircraft nosed over during a forced landing in a rough field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65609
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281649
- Airframe hours
- 1,286
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Leyland
- Registered owner
- Robert Leyland
- Departed
- Harlan, IN
- Destination
- Harlan, IN
- Airport
- Halls, runway 27, 3,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 422 total · 181 in this make and model · 308 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 10 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.