- Date
- January 6, 1983, 17:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N89225Cessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830106002069A
- Case key
- 30758
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Analysis
At about 1720 a commercial plt landed at La Belle arpt & reported that the ceiling was ragged in nature, some 200-300 ftoff the ground, with visibility 2 mi in drizzle. As he was leaving the arpt he noticed 2 men sitting in a blue & while C-152. After arriving at his home, located 1-1/2 mi from the arpt, he observed a blue & while C-152 at about 200 ft AGL.he heard an eng sound of 'extreme high r.p.m and then sudden engine stoppage.' He then drove back to the arpt & found the blue & white C-152 missing. The acft had impacted the ground at a high rate of speed at a descent angle of near 15 deg nose down. The plt's blood alcohol content (bac) was 0.15% & his gastric bac was 0.449%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89225
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282681
- Airframe hours
- 589
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark Wayne Brown, doing business as Route #1, Box 296
- Registered owner
- Omega Aviation Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1982 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- X-14 · La Belle, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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