- Date
- October 21, 1992, 10:13 local (14:13 UTC)
- Place
- New Port Richey, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757SMCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921021043029A
- Case key
- 33167
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
Loss of control inflight by the pilot for 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 commercial pilot departed on a VFR flight in VFR flight conditions. Witnesses observed the airplane traveling to the south estimated between 250 to 1,000 feet AGL in straight and level flight. The airplane was observed to start a turn to the right and an increase in engine power was heard. The witnesses looked up and observed the airplane in a nose down attitude until it disappeared below the tree line. Examination of the airframe, flight control system, engine assembly and accessories revealed no evidence to indicate a precrash failure or malfunction. The pilot was under investigation by the clearwater police department for sexual battery that allegedly occurred the night before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757SM
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279968
- Airframe hours
- 5,889
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Suncoast Flying Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Suncoast Flying Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1992 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- CLW
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Private
- 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
- 965 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 8 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.