- Date
- November 6, 1988, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Smithfield, RI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5462BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881106049429A
- Case key
- 36255
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed after beginning an ascent from a low pass, which resulted in a stall & loss of aircraft control. Inadequate altitude to recover from a stall was considered to be a contributing factor.
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 acft was observed to make 2 or 3 low & slow passes over an area near the passenger's home. According to witnesses, it began ascending over a tree line, then it nosed down & crashed. The passenger's husband & daughter were outside their home & saw the acdnt. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft or eng was found drg the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5462B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283877
- Airframe hours
- 4,265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skylanes, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 23, 1988 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- SFZ · Smithfield, RI
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 70 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PVD, 15 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.