- Date
- July 20, 1983, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Whitewright, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46909Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830720033899A
- Case key
- 20981
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Fuselage,seat - failure,partialCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possibleCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The acft collided with a fence and nosed over after the seat lock pin failed and the seat slid all the way to the rear. The plt was unable to reach the rudder pedals and the acft veered off the road being used as a rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46909
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283139
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Hunnicutt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Dallas, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 84 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.