Cessna 152 accident near Superior, WI
On April 14, 1999, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Superior, WI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 14, 1999
- Place
- Superior, WI
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 46.670°N, 92.081°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00428
NTSB summary
History of Flight On April 14, 1999, at 1411 central daylight time (All times cdt), a Cessna 152, N4611B, operated by the Twin Ports Flying Service, was destroyed when it impacted terrain about five miles south of the Bong Airport, Superior, Wisconsin. The certified flight instructor and student pilot received fatal injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had departed the airport at about 1400 on a local training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. A witness reported he became aware of an airplane flying overhead when he heard the sound of the airplane's engine. He reported, "... what attracted my attention was that I became increasingly aware the plane was in an extended dive. I could hear the engine running throughout the entire dive. I looked up and saw the plane in a dive, at an extremely sharp angle of descent, heading west. The plane continued down long past the time I thought it should have pulled up until finally it reached the tree-top of my vision, disappeared from my view and I heard more of a muffled impact 'thud' than an actual explosive sound. I immediately looked at my watch and it was 2:11 p.m." Personnel Information The pilot was a commercially rated pilot with a single engine land rating. He held a second class medical certificate. On January 26, 1999, the pilot was issued a Certified Flight Instructor certificate for single engine land airplanes. He had a total of 307 hours of flight time with approximately 95 flight hours in make and model. He had provided approximately 77 hours of instructional training, and
Probable cause
the Certified Flight Instructor failed to maintain control of the airplane.
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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.
