- Date
- August 17, 1993, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Keokuk, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N47716Cessna 152-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930817029669A
- Case key
- 9283
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Probable cause
the loss of engine power due to an exhaust valve failure. A factor related to the accident is the power line.
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 was in the traffic pattern practicing touch- and-go landings. During the climb after a touch-and-go the engine began to run rough and lose power. The student attempted to make a forced landing in a field which was ahead of him. He pulled the airplane up to avoid two power lines which were in his path, and the airplane stalled and crashed. Postaccident inspection discovered a fractured exhaust valve in the number one cylinder.
Factual narrative
On August 17, 1993, about 1645 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N47716, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing near the Keokuk Municipal Airport, Keokuk, Iowa, following a loss of engine power. The student pilot was not injured. The local student solo training flight was operating without a flight plan in visual meteorological conditions.
The student pilot reported the engine began to lose power and run rough during the initial climb following a touch-and-go landing. During the forced landing the student said he pulled the airplane up to avoid two power lines, and the airplane stalled and crashed.
The engine was examined by an FAA Airworthiness Inspector. He found the exhaust valve in the #1 cylinder had broken, and there were two holes in the top of the cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47716
- Reported as
- Cessna 152-II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283245
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lindner Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 13, 1993 · 36 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRL, 27 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.