- Date
- November 7, 1988, 19:10 local (Nov 8, 1988, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Vandalia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N93085Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14222
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Analysis
The eng began running rough aprx 5 min after the plt took off from an en route arpt drg a night, x-country training flt. He reversed course back toward the departure arpt with the eng providing partial power. While maneuvering to land on rwy 18, the eng ceased providing power. Subsequently, the plt made an emergency landing in a plowed field aprx 1/4 mi from the arpt. Drg the landing, the nose gear dug into soft terrain & the acft nosed over. An exam of the eng revealed the hold down bolts for the #3 cylinder had broken & the cylinder had separated from the crank case.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93085
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285396
- Airframe hours
- 4,669
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bellevue Area College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 23, 1988 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- VLA · Vandalia, IL
- Destination
- CPS · Cahokia, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VLA · Vandalia
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 109 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 60 nm away