- Date
- March 26, 1982, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- East Aurora, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757HZCessna 152
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820326006249A
- Case key
- 70539
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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
During a local flight in marginal weather conditions with light snow, there was a gradual loss of power. At first, the instructor thought the student had throttled back and told him to increase the power. When the instructor realized the problem, he took the controls, but was unable to restore the power. The aircraft was substantially damaged during an emergency landing in an open field. A post accident inspection of the aircraft revealed no preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757HZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279765
- Airframe hours
- 2,503
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Buffalo Air Park, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Buffalo Air Park, Inc.
- Departed
- Buffalo, NY
- Destination
- Buffalo, NY
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,580 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 300° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUF, 11 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.