- Date
- October 9, 1992, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quartzsite, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N150GCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921009043739A
- Case key
- 27841
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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Probable cause
Engine failure for an undetermined reason. Contributing to this accident was the rough/uneven terrain.
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 noncertificated student pilot was conducting a solo cross country flight when the aircraft engine lost power. The student pilot was unable to regain the engine power and elected to execute an emergency landing on a flat area mountain top. Before the aircraft touched down its right main landing gear struck a rock and the aircraft nosed down onto the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N150G
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279637
- Airframe hours
- 6,545
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Arizona Wing & Rotor, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Deer Valley Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 8, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- BLH · Blythe, AZ
- Destination
- P10 · Chandler, 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 54 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.