# NTSB NYC84FIG03: Cessna 152, N25377, Damascus, MD, June 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1984, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Damascus, MD
- Coordinates: 39.170574, -77.180671 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1706&lon=-77.1807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35407
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FIG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35407/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FIG03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - aborted landing - initiated, pilot in command(cfi)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command(cfi)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

DURING CRUISE A LOSS OF PWR WAS EXPERIENCED AND A FORCED LANDING INITIATED. AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL THE ENGINE BRIEFLY RESTARTED. THE FORCED LANDING WAS ABORTED AND THE CFI INITIATED A CLIMB BACK TOWARD THE ARPT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. THE EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS RESUMED AND A FORCED LANDING MADE DURING WHICH THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N25377 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280624
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gibson Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 1984, 43 hours before
- Departed: GAI, GAITHERSBURG, MD

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 3,000 total, 330 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840608043999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840608043999A), Jun 8, 1984: Cessna 152, Damascus, MD, Substantial damage. Engine quit during a training flight. Aircraft nosed over on forced landing. No fuel on board the aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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