- Date
- January 5, 1984, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Homestead, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N25230Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840105000039A
- Case key
- 16319
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Aircraft weight and balance - exceededFactor
Low pass - performedFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Inadequate initial trainingCause
Stall/spin - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft crashed from an altitude of 200 ft while maneuvering over a creek. The acft was overloaded by 135 lbs with 2 occupants and full fuel. There were no FAA records found on the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25230
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280544
- Airframe hours
- 23,037
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Engleke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1983 · 477 hours before
N25230Registration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 123 in this make and model · 36 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.