- Date
- October 15, 1982, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N65616Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821015065959A
- Case key
- 69871
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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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.
In flight collision with object
Emergency procedure - simulated
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During flight, the piot decided to practice a simulated forced landing. During an approach to an alfalfa field, the aircraft struck a power line and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65616
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 81653
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald E. Himes
- Registered owner
- Donald E. Himes
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 600 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.