# NTSB CHI87DEM08: Cessna 152, N47412, Plainwell, MI, June 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1987, 08:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Coordinates: 42.440196, -85.640579 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4402&lon=-85.6406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13567
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEM08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13567/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEM08

## 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, descent - emergency
  - emergency procedure - initiated, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER FAILURE AND THE PILOT CHOSE A WHEAT FIELD ON RISING TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.THE FIELD TURNED OUT TO BE ROUGH AND UNEVEN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THE POWERPLANT DISCLOSED NO DISCREPANCIES EXCEPT A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE #2 CYLINDER. NO WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL DURING THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHTED AND A FUEL SUMP CHECK WAS MADE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47412](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47412-2012-12-13), registration cancelled 2012-12-13, S/N 15283223, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283223
- Airframe hours: 3319
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Plainwell Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 21, 1987, 100 hours before
- Departed: 61D, PLAINWELL, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 83 total, 66 in this make and model, 59 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRR, 26 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 19870619020899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870619020899A), Jun 19, 1987: Cessna 152, Plainwell, MI, Substantial damage. The engine failed. The aircraft flipped over on landing. Water was found in one cylinder.

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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