- Date
- August 8, 1989, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manistee, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N96863Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890808032609A
- Case key
- 14198
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Probable cause
The partial loss of power during initial climbout, and the aircraft's subsequent nose over during the forced landing roll.
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.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that during initial climbout, he heard a change in the engine noise. The 'airspeed decreased and the aircraft began to lose altitude.' The student pilot made a forced landing in an open field. The aircraft nosed over during the landing roll and came to rest inverted in the field. Post-accident investigation revealed that the fuel metering jet from the float chamber of the carburetor was blocked by a large insect, resulting in partial fuel starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96863
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15286026
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Michigan University
- Registered owner
- Western Michigan University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 30, 1989 · 27 hours before
- Destination
- JXN · Jackson, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MBL · Manistee-Blacker
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 84 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBL, 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.