- Date
- November 25, 1989, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dunkirk, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4930BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891125047479A
- Case key
- 36588
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Probable cause
Pilot in command failed to maintain airspeed during a forced landing resulting in a stall and hard landing after a engine power failure due to carburetor ice and improper use of the carburetor heat control by the pilot.
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 Cessna 152 departed on a local training flight with a student pilot and flight instructor on board. Approaching the departure end of the runway at approximately 500 feet a.g.l., a power loss occurred. Carburetor heat was applied, power momentarily regained and then power was lost again. A left turn back to the airport was made, however the aircraft landed in an area of brush and received substantial damage. The pilot said the terrain ahead had brush piles and a grape vineyard with poles.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4930B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283712
- Airframe hours
- 3,469
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dunkirk Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dunkirk Aviation, Inc
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 14, 1989 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- DKK · Dunkirk, NY
- Airport
- DKK · Dunkirk, runway 2, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,893 total · 1,750 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 41 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.