- Date
- November 18, 1983, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Walters, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N46237Cessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831118058219A
- Case key
- 21219
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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 & safety plt had made two simulated instrument approaches at duncan,OK &a low VFR pass at Walters which was to terminate with a circling approach & landing. The acft stalled during the pull-up from the low pass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46237
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283017
- Airframe hours
- 760
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Bowen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- LAW · Lawton, OK
- Destination
- LAW · Lawton, OK
- Airport
- OK28 · Walters, runway 34, 2,900 × 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,705 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.