- Date
- September 5, 1989, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Carmin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N94777Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890905033699A
- Case key
- 22914
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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Probable cause
Loss of power for an unknown reason. Factors related to the accident were the ditch & fence.
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 engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94777
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285784
- Airframe hours
- 3,527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon Cragg A/C Sales Inc
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1989 · 100 hours before
- Destination
- AAP · Houston, 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 47 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 40 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.