- Date
- August 15, 1983, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hamtramck, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67374Cessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830815040549A
- Case key
- 12308
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While en route, the eng lost power & the plt restarted the eng. After flying aprx 4 mi further, the eng lost power again, and again, the plt obtained a restart. After a 3rd loss of power, the plt was making a forced landing when the acft collided with an electrical wire & crashed aprx 1 mi from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67374
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281790
- Airframe hours
- 765
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald D. Kralik
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 27, 1983 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- 4NW · Lansing, MI
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,793 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 2,770 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 50 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 1 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.