- Date
- January 7, 1989, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stratford, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N757KRCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890107000299A
- Case key
- 36361
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. The aircraft engine failed for undetermined reasons at 300 feet shortly after three touch go and landings. The pilot made a forced landing and the airplane hit a fence, pole and shrubbery. Examination of the engine revealed that accelerator pump discharge tube was missing from the carburetor. The bottom spark plugs were severely fouled and the magnetos were not approved for the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757KR
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279805
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bridgeport Air Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BDR · Stratford, CT
- Airport
- BDR · Sikorsky, runway 6, 4,677 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.