- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Avondale, AZ · AVONDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24727Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105071689A
- Case key
- 123800
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2296 81/11/5 NR.AVONDALE,AZ CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1705 N24727 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOODYEAR,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OBSD PRACTICING STALLS.WITNESS RPRTD VSBY RSTRD BY SMOG & RED GLOW FM LWRG SUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24727
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.