- Date
- July 3, 1992, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4957PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920703023679A
- Case key
- 18529
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Probable cause
Engine power loss for undetermined reasons.
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
A right magneto drop during the before takeoff engine check was 'unacceptable' to the pilot. The pilot increased the engine power and leaned the mixture until he obtained an 'acceptable' right magneto drop in RPM. During the takeoff, the RPM dropped to 2,000 RPM and the pilot aborted the takeoff. The airplane ran off the departure end of the runway into a gully and came to rest inverted. An engine test run revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4957P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284859
- Airframe hours
- 6,785
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Yammine, Walid J.
- Registered owner
- Yammine, Walid J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1992 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- OKC · Oklahoma, OK
- Airport
- T40 · Mcgehee Catfish, runway 35, 2,450 × 55 ft, grass/turf
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 135 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADM, 20 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.