# NTSB FTW82DA228: Cessna 152, N49482, Tulsa, OK, June 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1982, 22:55 local (Jun 17, 1982, 03:55 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Coordinates: 36.060829, -95.939132 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0608&lon=-95.9391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA228

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, climb - to cruise
  - miscellaneous - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,glassy (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING CLIMB AT 1300 FEET. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER. NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE COULD BE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49482](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49482-1989-08-10), registration cancelled 1989-08-10, S/N 15281301 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281301
- Airframe hours: 1427
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Keith Robin Stevens
- Registered owner: S.K. Teter
- Departed: TULSA, OK
- Destination: TULSA, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 101 total, 87 in this make and model, 42 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 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 19820616023999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820616023999A), Jun 16, 1982: Cessna 152, Tulsa, OK, Destroyed. Engine quit on takeoff climb. Crash landed during night emergency landing in a river. Engine problem unknown.

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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