- Date
- February 26, 1984, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manhattan, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4972HCessna 152-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840226004619A
- Case key
- 12389
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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 control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedFactor
InattentiveFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Remedial action - not performedFactor
TotalFactor
Analysis
The acft was observed entering a spin from a nose high attitude from which it failed to recover. The student pilot was seen waving to his family as the acft circled in the vicinity of his parent's home. There was no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4972H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152-II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284051
- Airframe hours
- 16,867
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frankfort Aviation Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- C18 · Frankfort, IL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 35 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.