- Date
- February 14, 1992, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Show Low, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48360Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920214003019A
- Case key
- 27558
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power due to undetermined reason(s). A factor in this accident was the soft soil the airplane encountered during landing roll which caused the airplane to nose over.
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 certified flight instructor and his student, taking his first flying lesson, were performing a turn from crosswind to downwind in a traffic pattern when their airplane's engine had a total loss of engine power. The flight instructor executed a power off forced landing to a nearby field. During the landing roll, the nose wheel entered soft soil and the airplane nosed over. After the accident the engine was successfully started and operated. No deficiencies were discovered during the engine run that could have caused a loss of engine power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48360
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283327
- Airframe hours
- 6,430
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C(M), 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Button Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Button Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 9, 1992 · 76 hours before
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 350 in this make and model · 775 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 97 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.