- Date
- February 2, 1984, 20:24 local (Feb 3, 1984, 02:24 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93401Cessna 152
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840202004549A
- Case key
- 21103
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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.
Analysis
The plt had received a telephone wx briefing at 1610 & an in-person wx briefing at 1932, about 45 min before takeoff. The local wx deteriorated considerably between the last briefing & the time of the accident. The acft departed at 2016, & at 2024 the acft impacted in a gravel quarry in a 90 deg nose down attitude. The accident location was about 800 yds wnw of the College Station VORTAC, 3 mi west of College Station. An arriving plt reported that he observed a solid cloud/deck from 1 mi east of the VORTAC extending westward with ground fog throughout the rest of the area. There were no entries in the plt's logbook for the 90 days preceding the accident. The increased fog was due to a local unforcast condition attributed to 'river effect' from the brazos river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93401
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285480
- Airframe hours
- 510
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ace Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 7, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Destination
- T98 · San Marcos, TX
- Airport
- CLL · Easterwood Fld, runway 28, 5,160 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 51 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 3 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.