# NTSB LAX83LA011: Cessna 152, N65616, Bakersfield, CA, October 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1982, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Coordinates: 35.340042, -119.070381 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3400&lon=-119.0704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69871/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA011

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65616-1983-01-13), registration cancelled 1983-01-13, S/N 15281653 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 81653
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821015065959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821015065959A), Oct 15, 1982: Cessna 152, Bakersfield, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft hit wires when pilot decided to practice emergency landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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