- Date
- September 16, 1982, 13:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Divide, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49816Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820916046969A
- Case key
- 70484
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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 acft stalled & crashed on the side of a ridge. The plt was described as an avid outdoorsman, sportsman & hunter. According to local residents near the crash site, the area is well populated with large & small game. Density altitude was computed to be 6,191 ft. the plt had flown the C-152 only once, on 7/5/80, before the accident at which time he logged 0.9 hrs of dual. However he had also logged 54.2 hrs in the C-150. The last time the plt had flown the C-150 was on 11/2/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49816
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281336
- Airframe hours
- 1,039
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marathon Aviation Corporation
- Registered owner
- Marathon Aviation Corporation
- Departed
- C · Butte, MT
- Destination
- C · Butte, MT
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 268 total · 1 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 120 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTM, 23 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.