- Date
- December 22, 1981
- Place
- Christine, TX · CHRISTINE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4856BCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811222081289A
- Case key
- 122636
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3591 81/12/22 NR.CHRISTINE,TX CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1943 N4856B PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN ANTONIO,TX RETURN LAREDO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES DUST 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 22 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DELAYED ENROUTE.ENCTRD DARKNESS,FNTL PASSAGE,VSBY RSTRD BY DUST,WND GSTG 35KTS.CRASH IN STEEP DIVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4856B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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