- Date
- August 24, 1988, 10:14 local (15:14 UTC)
- Place
- Bushland, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5351MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880824035159A
- Case key
- 22560
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
There were no witnesses to this accident. The airplane impacted the terrain at high speed, in a near wings level, 75 degree nose down attitude. No preimpact problems were found with the airplane or powerplant. Airplane was over weight and had an aft CG at takeoff and at the time of the accident. The acft crashed in an open cultivated field. One witness reported hearing the airplane flying back and forth in the agricultural area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5351M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284554
- Airframe hours
- 2,814
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Amarillo Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1988 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- AMA · Amarillo, 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 25 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.