- Date
- October 10, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Okmulgee, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N49980Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831010054129A
- Case key
- 21178
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The student plt reported that shortly after takeoff, the eng lost power. He made an emergency landing in a field, but before he could stop the acft, it collided with a fence. Later, the acft eng was examined, but no reason for the power loss was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49980
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281425
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tulsa Pilot'S Club
- Registered owner
- Ronald Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- OKM · Okmulgee Muni., runway 17, 4,300 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 37,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °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.