- Date
- July 12, 1986, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Broken Arrow, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N65548Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860712032429A
- Case key
- 22054
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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 pilot made his takeoff from the intersection of a cinder packed runway, allowing only 900 feet before the end of the runway. Gross weight of the aircraft at the time of the accident was 1,700 lbs.; maximum gross weight of the aircraft is 1,670. The aircraft was found to be 3.3' aft of c.g. during the initial climb out, the aircraft pitched up and stalled, impacting the ground at a 45 degree angle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65548
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281610
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David B. Loewen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 4, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- 84F · Cotton Field, runway 18, 2,600 × 50 ft
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,100 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 8 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.