- Date
- February 28, 1992, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Michigan City, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6341BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920228004669A
- Case key
- 33070
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.
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 CFI stated that the eng began vibrating & started losing power. Attempts to correct were unsuccessful. The CFI took control of the acft & elected to perform a precautionary landing in a field. After touchdown, the acft nosed over. The eng was started & found to operate normally. No determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of power or vibration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6341B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283922
- Airframe hours
- 6,918
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bolivar Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1992 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- M08 · Bolivar, TN
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 350 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6341B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.