- Date
- February 6, 1990, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6471LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900206001689A
- Case key
- 26611
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Probable cause
Design stress limits exceeded.
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 solo student pilot rented the Cessna 152 from the operator to practice maneuvers. Ground witnesses in the vicinity of the accident heard a loud engine noise. They both looked up to see a portion o the aircraft's left wing missing as the aircraft spun to the ground under high engine power. All fractures at the separation points exhibited overload characteristics.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6471L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284408
- Engine
- Lycoming O235L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Westwind Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.