- Date
- March 14, 1985, 11:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Norwalk, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67399Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850314006889A
- Case key
- 33920
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Approaching des moines airport the plt rptd to approach control of eng problems and wanted to know what airport was close for an precautionary landing. An attempt was made to land at an airstrip 3 mi east of his present posn. Unable to land at the airstrip the acft made a landing to a field where it sustained substantial damage. Inspection of the eng revealed a broken crankshaft idler gear. Fatigue progression was evident on the fracture surfaces examined. Also noted was an elliptical deformation of the threaded portion of the retaining bolt below the bolt head. This deformation was of the same thickness as the boltflange and locknut plate. Visual inspection of the fracture surfaces gave no evidence of unusual contact or wear pattern prior to failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67399
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281815
- Airframe hours
- 2,773
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Proflight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MLE · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 43 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 17 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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