# NTSB FTW82DA170: Cessna 152, N757RS, Coahama, TX, May 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1982, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Coahama, TX
- Coordinates: 32.290309, -101.30027 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2903&lon=-101.3003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA170

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757RS-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 15279949, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279949
- Airframe hours: 2273
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820509089589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820509089589A), May 9, 1982: Cessna 152, Coahoma, TX, Substantial damage. Foreign student pilot became lost on crosscountry and made landing in plowed field. Aircraft flipped inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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