- Date
- December 5, 1986, 12:49 local (18:49 UTC)
- Place
- Vergenns, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N95614Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861205065049A
- Case key
- 13705
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student pilot, while practicing emergency landings, he descended to about 250 feet AGL and then surrendered the controls to the instructor. The student pilot stated that the instructor immediately added full power and banked the acft to the left, however, the acft then collided with the ground. The instructor stated that he had no memory of the accident or the events prior to the collision with terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95614
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285937
- Airframe hours
- 1,343
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Southern Illinois University, doing business as Air Institue And Service
- Registered owner
- Southern Illinois University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1986 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- MDH · Carbondale, IL
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 742 total · 604 in this make and model · 539 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDH, 9 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.