- Date
- March 4, 1985, 10:24 local (16:24 UTC)
- Place
- Andrews, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6457LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850304063639A
- Case key
- 21696
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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
Acft experienced a total pwr loss while in cruise flt. During the subsequent forced landing on a dirt road, the nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. Examination of the eng revealed severe damage as a result of a failure of the #4 exhaust valve. Due to severe peening of the valve fracture surfaces, the exact mode of failure of the valve could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6457L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284399
- Airframe hours
- 3,432
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles B. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1984 · 135 hours before
- Departed
- E01 · Monahans, TX
- Destination
- CDS · Childress, 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 322 total · 135 in this make and model · 223 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 16 °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.
Other investigations on N6457L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.