- Date
- July 5, 1982, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Morenci, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N4698LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820705027669A
- Case key
- 71763
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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
The flt departed the toledo surburban arpt at 1800 for a local instructional flt. One witness described the acft as flying very erratically. It was dipping from side to side & gaining & losing altitude very rapidly. He next observed the plane climb straight up & roll over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4698L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284219
- Airframe hours
- 480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Toledo Flight Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Douglas D. Mcadams
- Departed
- Lambertville, MI
- Destination
- Lambertville, MI
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 200 in this make and model · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.