- Date
- May 9, 1982, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Coahama, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757RSCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820509089589A
- Case key
- 70288
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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 pilot was on a cross country flight for his commercial pilot's license. He became lost, landed in a plowed open field and the aircraft nosed over. There was no evidence of propeller rotation or fuel at the scene of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757RS
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279949
- Airframe hours
- 2,273
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Boardman Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Boardman Flight Academy
- Departed
- Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- Big Spring, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BGS · Big Spring
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 135 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.