- Date
- April 17, 1985, 12:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Roby, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N89862Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850417013199A
- Case key
- 21724
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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 control - in flight
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Stall/spin - not corrected
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The pipeline patrol plt diverted from the normal route to circle over a house in which he used to live. Witnesses reported the acft was in a low alt left turn when the left wing dropped and the rate of turn increased. The acft impacted a tree in a steep nose down attitude. No evidence of an eng failure/malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89862
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282895
- Airframe hours
- 3,972
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Beaty Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 28, 1984
- Departed
- SNK · Snyder, TX
- Destination
- ETN · Eastland, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,963 total · 4,907 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI, 41 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.