- Date
- April 28, 1988, 22:00 local (Apr 29, 1988, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dexter, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25038Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880428015079A
- Case key
- 34563
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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.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, during an instructional night cross country training flt, the CFI said he began to lose engine RPM. He made a 180 degree turn to return to the departure apt, when he had a complete power failure. An emergency ldg was made on a freshly plowed field, and the aircraft nosed over. Post flight examination revealed no mechanical nor fuel supply failures. Conditions were conducive for carburetor icing according to the icing probability charts. The pilot reported that at the time nothing could be done to prevent the power failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25038
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280511
- Airframe hours
- 5,203
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Nick'S Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nick'S Aircraft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 12, 1988 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- MAW · Malden, MO
- Destination
- PAH · Paducah, KY
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
- 19
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 787 total · 450 in this make and model · 570 as pilot in command · 306 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 35 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.
Other investigations on N25038 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.