- Date
- May 21, 1985, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Adams, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25868Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850521018899A
- Case key
- 33947
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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.
Undershoot
Airport facilities,obstruction marking - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - attemptedFactor
Visual/aural perceptionCause
Descent - misjudgedCause
Cause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Plt was making first landing at an ag strip and collided with 30 foot high utility wires which cross the apch end of thestrip. The wires are not marked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25868
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280830
- Airframe hours
- 2,307
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Beatrice Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 17, 1985
- Departed
- BIE · Beatrice, NE
- Airport
- runway 36, 3,000 × ft, grass/turf
N25868Registration cancelled May 15, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 1 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.