# NTSB FTW83LA400: Cessna 152, N94736, Houston, TX, August 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA400
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA400

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - precautionary landing - simulated, pilot in command(cfi)
  - mixture - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

AT 1500 FT AGL THE INSTRUCTOR PLT PULLED THE MIXTURE CTL TO THE OFF POSITION TO GIVE THE STU PLT A PRACTICE FCD LNDG. WHEN NEAR THE GD THE INSTRUCTOR PUSHED THE MIXTURE CTL TO FULL RICH BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENG RESTARTED PRIOR TO GD CONTACT. THERE WAS NO ACFT FAILURES OR MALFS RPTD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94736](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94736-1995-01-31), registration cancelled 1995-01-31, S/N 15285775 (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: 15285775
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Able Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: AAP, HOUSTON, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: IAH, 20 nm away

## 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 19830827044629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827044629A), Aug 27, 1983: Cessna 152, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Instructor used mixture control to simulate emergency and engine would not restart. Crashed during landing.

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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