- Date
- May 24, 1990, 20:30 local (May 25, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714XGCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900524017289A
- Case key
- 34979
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Probable cause
A power plant failure for undetermined causes.
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 commercial pilot said that while on short final, the engine failed. An emergency ldg was attempted, just short of the runway, which resulted in a nose over. The acft had been converted to a 150 horse power engine, and was approved for automotive fuel usage. Post accident investigation failed to reveal the cause of the engine failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714XG
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279509
- Airframe hours
- 3,519
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying C Leasing Ltd
- Registered owner
- Cushing, Charles W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 30, 1990 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- K58
- Airport
- K58 · Krier, runway 14, 3,200 × 300 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 650 in this make and model · 985 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCK, 80 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.