- Date
- January 29, 1983, 11:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48406Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830129001779A
- Case key
- 23607
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed about one mile north of the runway after engine failure during a go-around. The student pilot on a solotraining flight had returned to Tucson international airport and could not land because of cross-winds. He diverted to davis-monthan afb. After several approaches and go-arounds at davis-monthan the acft crashed one mile north of the base after running out of fuel. The pilot stated that he could not land at davis-monthan because of crosswinds. The wind was reported from 170 deg a 16 gusting 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48406
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283334
- Airframe hours
- 2,058
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Phase One Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- TUC · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- DMA · Davis-Monthan, runway 30, 13,645 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 16 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- TUS, 4 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.