- Date
- September 5, 1985, 19:45 local (Sep 6, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tea, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N69125Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850905045919A
- Case key
- 16573
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student & instructor plt (CFI) were practicing landings. After making 3 touch-&-go landings, the eng lost power at aprx 200 ft AGL as they were on their 4th takeoff. The CFI reported that he turned the acft about 25 deg in an attempt to glide to a bean field & avoid tall corn. However, there was insufficient alt to avoid the corn. After landing in the corn field & on muddy ground, the acft nosed over. An exam of the eng & acft revealed no preimpact mechanical problem that would have resulted in a loss of power. The eng was started & run to 1500 RPM with no problems noted, except that it could not be operated at a higher RPM due to a bent prop. The temp & dew point were 78 & 77 deg, respectively. According to icing probability charts, serious carb icing condition would have existed at idle power. However,the CFI stated that they had used carb heat on the downwind of each pattern, then placed it in cold for each takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69125
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282500
- Airframe hours
- 1,067
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale Jackson
- Registered owner
- Dayryl L. Elcock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 28, 1984 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- Y14
- Airport
- Y-14 · Great Planes, runway 16, 2,430 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,881 total · 248 in this make and model · 10,661 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.