- Date
- October 28, 1984, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lipan, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49475Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841028061749A
- Case key
- 21611
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Acft experienced a partial eng failure in flight. During the forced landing, the nose gear dug into terrain and the acft flipped over. Investigation revealed that the no. 3 cyl barrel was cracked about 90% around the circumference. Metallurgical examination revealed that crack had initiated in fatigue due to improper machining of the barrel to cooling fin radius during manufacture. In addition, corrosion pitting in the area of the fatigue origin aggravated the original defect.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49475
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281297
- Airframe hours
- 1,919
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Ground School
- Registered owner
- Thomas B. Blanton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 1984 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- ETN · Eastland, TX
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 542 total · 202 in this make and model · 419 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 50 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.