- Date
- November 11, 1986, 15:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Gretna, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5175MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861111056159A
- Case key
- 34322
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Analysis
The instructor stated that this training flight would emphasize power reduction manuevers, to include: slow flight, power-off stalls, and flight at minimum controllable airspeed. Thirty minutes into the flight, and during the application of power for recovery, the engine began losing power and experiencing wide fluctuations in r.p.m. remedial action was fruitless as the engine would alternate between full power and windmilling, therefore a landing was attemted in a cornfield. Reports from the national weather service for the area where the accident occurred indicated favorable conditions for carburetor icing due to the high humidity and low temperatures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5175M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284503
- Airframe hours
- 2,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pro-Flte, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 20, 1986
- Departed
- MLE · Omaha, NE
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 445 in this make and model · 475 as pilot in command · 234 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OFF, 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.