# NTSB CHI83LA380: Cessna C-152, N67374, Hamtramck, MI, August 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1983, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Hamtramck, MI
- Coordinates: 42.389415, -83.050643 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3894&lon=-83.0506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12308
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA380
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12308/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA380

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, approach
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281790
- Airframe hours: 765
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830815040549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830815040549A), Aug 15, 1983: Cessna 152, Hamtramck, MI, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing. Pilot had previously restarted engine in flight two times.

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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