- Date
- June 26, 1990, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fillmore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N528CACessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900626022659A
- Case key
- 26849
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Probable cause
The inadvertent engagement of the starter during flight for undetermined reasons. >
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 CFI said the flight was in level cruise when the RPM suddenly dropped from 2300 to 1800. The power level was insufficient to maintain flight and a forced landing was necessary. The CFI selected a dry river wash as the only suitable place in the mountainous terrain. The soil of the was was soft. The nose gear dug in and the aircraft nosed over. FAA inspectors examined the aircraft and found the starter engaged. No other system abnormalities were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N528CA
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279693
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Above All Aviation
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 475 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 93 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °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.