- Date
- August 5, 1992, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Xenia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757FWCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920805029089A
- Case key
- 15507
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Probable cause
Improper engine overhaul and noncompliance with an airworthiness directive by other maintenance personnel.
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
An engine failed 37 operating hours after overhaul. The locating dowel for the crankshaft gear sheared after an incorrect part was used in place of the specified attaching bolt. The mechanic was unaware of an airworthiness directive applicable to the effected parts and their installation, and reused an apparently serviceable item. The inspector was aware of the directive, but interpreted it as inapplicable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757FW
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279714
- Airframe hours
- 9,380
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tolbert, Steven L.
- Registered owner
- Tolbert, Steven L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1992 · 37 hours before
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 234 total · 67 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HUF, 76 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.
Other investigations on N757FW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.