- Date
- July 13, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Rockford, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N95876Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870713041139A
- Case key
- 17269
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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 student plt was on a cross country flight. He noticed a drop in engine RPM. An engine vibration began and another aircraft reported seeing a smoke trail. The plt elected to make an off airport landing and selected a wheat field. The plt made an emergency broadcast and performed a soft field landing. After touchdown, the nose wheel sank into the mud and the acft nosed over. A post crash engine inspection revealed evidence that the number four piston had broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95876
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285978
- Airframe hours
- 1,732
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Univ. Of North Dakota
- Registered owner
- University Of North Dakota
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1987 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- DVL · Devils Lake, ND
- Destination
- JMS · Jamestown, ND
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 5 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.