- Date
- February 19, 1990, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Crane Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67366Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900219002379A
- Case key
- 34932
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Probable cause
Failure of the connecting rod assembly. Factors related to the accident were: terrain conditions in the emergency landing area.
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 student plt rprtd that while in cruise flt on a solo x-country, the engine failed. An emergency landing was made in a remote/swampy area, which resulted in a nose over. An exam of the eng revealed the #3 connecting rod had failed. The eng had a total flt time of 2455 hrs & 1752 hrs since major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67366
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281783
- Airframe hours
- 2,455
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ely Aire, Inc
- Registered owner
- Ely Aire Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- INL · Intl Falls, MN
- Destination
- ELO · Ely, MN
- 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 68 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INL, 40 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.