# NTSB SEA86LA012: Cessna 152, N24977, Ontario, OR, October 12, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 11, 1985, 17:00 local (Oct 12, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Ontario, OR
- Coordinates: 44.079925, -117.010658 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0799&lon=-117.0107&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): 40323
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40323/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA012

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

A FORCED LANDING OCCURRED DUE TO A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ONTO A FRESHLY PLOWED POTATO FIELD WHERE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED. NO REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER COULD BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24977](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24977-1992-08-20), registration cancelled 1992-08-20, S/N 15280486 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280486
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Morrow, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: S12, ALBANY, OR
- Destination: ONO, ONTARIO, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 654 total, 126 in this make and model, 560 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19851011052469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851011052469A), Oct 11, 1985: Cessna 152, Ontario, OR, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed during emergency landing in a field. No reason found to explain why engine quit running.

## Other investigations on N24977 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX92LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA163), Apr 3, 1992: Cessna 152 (N24977), Yucca Valley, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: WAS THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE MOUNTAINOUS AND ROUGH NATURE OF THE TERRAIN.

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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