- Date
- December 6, 1992, 08:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Marysville, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69260Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921206049219A
- Case key
- 42929
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The design stress limits of the airframe were exceeded by the student pilot.
Analysis
A witness described the aircraft as descending with its wings folded in a near vertical descent. The left side of the horizontal stabilizer was folded downward nearly 90 degrees at approximately mid spar, and the right elevator and right side of the horizontal stabilizer was also folded downward in two locations. Both wings showed evidence of failing downward outboard of the wing strut attachment points. During a dual instructional flight the previous day, the student had asked his instructor to demonstrate spins. The instructor had declined, advising the student that parachutes were required for spin training.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69260
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282589
- Airframe hours
- 4,893
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2CM, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Snohomish Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Harvey, Richard N & Kandace A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1992 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- PAE
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 49 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 10 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.