- Date
- September 11, 1991, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ruston, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N93621Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910911045259A
- Case key
- 23227
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Probable cause
The cfi's exceeding the airplane's takeoff performance capability.
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 instructor pilot had simulated an engine failure to his student, when a total loss of power occurred. A forced landing was conducted. The instructor restarted the engine after the successful forced landing. He elected to attempt a take-off in the unsuitable terrain. The airplane become airborne and shortly thereafter collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93621
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285527
- Airframe hours
- 4,234
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Louisiana Tech University
- Registered owner
- Louisiana Tech University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1991 · 972 hours before
- Departed
- RSN · Ruston, LA
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 426 total · 215 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.