- Date
- June 14, 1985, 08:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Sunspot, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N47822Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850614025479A
- Case key
- 16703
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was flying in the valleys of mountainous terrain. He elected to fly to the left around what appeared to be a small hill, but was actually part of a ridge line. Subsequently, the acft entered a 'draw' & would not out-climb rising terrain. The acft began mushing, so the plt lowered the nose, selected 10 deg of flaps & tried to land in a relatively flat area. However, the acft pitched forward & impacted the ground at a 45 deg angle while at a speed of aprx 45 to 50 KTS. The elevation of the crash site was about 8500 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47822
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,670
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ed'S Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 15, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- ALM · Alamogordo, NM
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 282 total · 12 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.