- Date
- April 8, 1983, 15:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Guadalupe, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5542HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830408012049A
- Case key
- 23674
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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.
Analysis
After practicing a series of power-on departure stalls at 3500 feet, the plt climbed to 6500 feet and practiced several power-off approach/landing stalls. At about 3000 feet the engine sputtered and quit. The plt was unable to restore power and made an emergency landing in a vegetable field. About 20 gallons of fuel was drained from the acft. The engine was test run and operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5542H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284123
- Airframe hours
- 1,835
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yency Enterprise, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 31, 1983 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- SBP · San Luis Obispo, 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMX, 8 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.