- Date
- May 31, 1984, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairview, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N49640Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840531057169A
- Case key
- 21125
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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 acft had inflt structural failure and separation of some components and crashed in an inverted flat spin parts of the wing and aileron were never found. Some parts were found about 1/2 mile from the primary impact point. An autopsy onthe plt revealed the cause of death was massive trauma with evidence of incapacitation due to arteriorsclerotic cardiovascular disease. All the failures of the acfts airframe were determined to be of an overload nature.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49640
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283487
- Airframe hours
- 1,124
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Martens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 2, 1984 · 65 hours before
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,681 total · 1,681 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WDG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.