Cessna 152 accident near Houston, TX
On August 5, 1993, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Houston, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 5, 1993
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.910°N, 95.650°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13137
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 4, 1993, at approximately 1935 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N24893, was destroyed when it impacted the ground near the Weiser Airport, in Houston, Texas, following a loss of control during a forced landing. The forced landing was being attempted following an engine power loss. The airplane, owned and operated by a flight school, and flown by a student pilot, was on a local solo instructional flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions. The pilot, the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. According to witnesses at the airport, the pilot had been performing touch and go landing practice earlier in the flight and had then departed the pattern. Some time later, the airplane was observed maneuvering at low altitude about 1/2 mile south of the end of runway 09 at the departure airport. The witnesses stated they first noticed the airplane when it was at an altitude of about 100 feet AGL. Two of the witnesses stated they thought that the engine quit and one stated that he thought it was running rough. One stated he thought the airplane was flying "relatively slow." They stated that the airplane entered a left bank as if to line up on a road. During the bank, the nose fell through and the airplane impacted the ground adjacent to a north south road inside an industrial complex. WITNESSES Statements were obtained from five eyewitnesses. In addition, statements were also obtained from the CFI who had flown the accident airplane on a flight immediately before the accident, the student pilot's father, and one anonymous
Probable cause
COMPANY MANAGEMENT'S DISPATCH OF AN AIRPLANE WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES, THEIR FAILURE TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES, AND THE STUDENT PILOT'S INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A STALL. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: CHAFED WIRING, FOULED SPARK PLUGS, A MAGNETO INDUCED PARTIAL POWER LOSS, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED INSTRUCTOR'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE PROPER ASSISTANCE TO THE STUDENT PILOT.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
