- Date
- July 20, 1991, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hilliard, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48380Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910720028809A
- Case key
- 32906
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons, failure of the pilot to maintain vso, and inadvertent stall mush. Contributing to the accident was lack of total experience in the type of operation.
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 shortly after takeoff, the acft was not climbing properly and the lt wing dropped. The acft then collided with trees and the ground. The eng was removed and placed on a test stand for an operational test. The eng started and operated to nearly full static RPM with no malfunctions noted. The acft's flt controls were examined by an FAA airworthiness inspector and found to be free of preimpact failure or malfunction. The stall warning horn was tested and operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48380
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283328
- Airframe hours
- 4,168
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shields Aviation
- Registered owner
- Shields Aviation Of Georgia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1991 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- 01J · Hilliard Airpark, runway 18, 3,150 × 125 ft, grass/turf
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 23 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 17 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.