- Date
- May 2, 1985, 08:58 local (13:58 UTC)
- Place
- Sussex, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5182CBeech B35N6464LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19850502020371A19850502020372A
- Case key
- 12833
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Analysis
A student plt was on his 1st solo x-country flt in a Cessna 152, N6464L. After taking off at the brookfield arpt (elev 850 ft), he had climbed to 2000 ft MSL & was heading 350 deg when he saw a Beech B35 (bonanza), N5182C, converging from his right. The student took evasive action, but the prop & right wing tip of the Beech B35 hit the right horizontal stabilizer, right wing root & right flap of the Cessna. The commercially rated plt of the Beech B35 was cruising westbound at 2000 ft MSL. He did not see the Cessna until after the collision. Both acft were substantiallydamaged, but both continued flying & were landed without further incident.
A student plt was on his 1st solo x-country flt in a Cessna 152, N6464L. After taking off at the brookfield arpt (elev 850 ft), he had climbed to 2000 ft MSL and was heading 350 deg when he saw a Beech B35 (bonanza), N5182C, converging from his right. The student took evasive action, but the prop & right wing tip of the Beech B35 hit the right horizontal stabilizer, right wing root & right flap of the Cessna. The commercially rated plt of the Beech B35 was cruising westbound at 2000 ft MSL. He did not see the Cessna until after the collision. Both acft were substantiallydamaged, but both continued flying & were landed without further incident.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5182C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2464
- Airframe hours
- 3,464
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph J. Langenfeld
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- 3VM · Vermillion, SD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Registration
- N6464L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284402
- Airframe hours
- 2,626
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John M. Purnell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 02C · Brookfield, WI
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5182C
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,840 total · 80 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N6464L
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 65 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.