- Date
- March 2, 1982, 08:48 local (13:48 UTC)
- Place
- Scotland, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7378LCessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820302001949A
- Case key
- 72575
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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
The aircraft crashed after the pilot made a low pass over runway 13. At the departure end of the runway, the aircraft was observed to pull up into a 40 to 45 degree climb, then stall and enter a spin. It crashed in a near vertical descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7378L
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520797
- Airframe hours
- 1,110
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Kabeller
- Registered owner
- George Kabeller
- Departed
- Chambersburg, PA
- Destination
- Chambersburg, PA
- Airport
- Rocktop
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 90 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.