- Date
- July 26, 1983, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Arvin, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6445QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830726035629A
- Case key
- 23799
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.
Analysis
The acft experienced a rough engine prior to the power loss. The pilot reduced power and applied carburetor heat during the descent which ended in a forced landing in a plowed field. The acft was landed perpendicular to the furrows & nosed over. The investigation revealed a cracked carburetor. When a new carburetor was installed the engine started and ran until shut down. Fuel aboard the acft at the crash site and six quarts of oil remained in the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6445Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285253
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center International
- Registered owner
- Mike Bentley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- MHV · Mojave, 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,210 total · 905 in this make and model · 5,210 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 28 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.