- Date
- August 3, 1989, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- York, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5292MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890803026819A
- Case key
- 14271
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall. Factors related to the accident were: excessive workload (task overload) and diverted attention.
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
Pilot was conducting low altitude aerial photography. Witnesses saw the aircraft maneuvering at a low altitude and disappear behind a tree line. Aircraft impact ground in nose low, left wing down attitude. The photography operation was conducted with the pilot flying solo in the right seat while doing aerial photography with a 35MM camera.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5292M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284515
- Airframe hours
- 4,147
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- State Aerial Farms Statistics
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1989 · 588 hours before
- Departed
- 29J · Rock Hill, SC
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 290 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 20 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.