- Date
- February 29, 1988, 15:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, MS
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N65532Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880229027819A
- Case key
- 32144
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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 plt stated that he was simulating a loss of power & then attempting to turn back to the arpt & land on the runway that they departed from. As he was turning back from an approximate altitude of 600 feet, the acft stalled & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65532
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281600
- Airframe hours
- 2,734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Taloney Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1987
- Airport
- UBS · Columbus Lowndes Co, runway 36, 4,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 464 total · 227 in this make and model · 464 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLL, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.