- Date
- April 9, 1982, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5361MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820409009099A
- Case key
- 71306
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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 engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Nose over
Analysis
En route to Lafayette, LA on a cross country the engine quit. A forced landing in a soft plowed field caused the landing gear to separate and the aircraft to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5361M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284561
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James G. Mcclelland
- Registered owner
- Pelican Aviation
- Departed
- New Iberia, LA
- Destination
- Edna, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
N5361MRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2005 · 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 158 °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.