Cessna 152 accident near Justin, TX
On November 8, 2002, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Justin, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 8, 2002
- Place
- Justin, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.135°N, 97.361°W
- NTSB ID
- 20021119X05487
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 8, 2002, at 1633 central standard time, a Cessna 152 single-engine airplane, N4835B, was destroyed upon collision with terrain following a loss of control during approach near Justin, Texas. The airplane was registered to and operated by Prop Holdings, Inc., Justin, Texas, under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airline transport rated pilot, who was the sole occupant, received fatal injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight departed the Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW), near Fort Worth, Texas, at 1617. A witness, traveling west in a vehicle on County Road (CR) 1384, reported the airplane flying from the south, flew "low across CR 1384, then started go straight up very quickly, then curved and flew straight down." Another witness, traveling in a vehicle on CR 1384, observed the airplane "go straight up, just before it stalled out. It broke over nose down and spiraled." A witness, driving on a lease road west of the accident site, observed the airplane "go straight upward maybe 1/4-mile high and made a over the hill type move and then the airplane came straight down and made a slight turn clockwise." A witness, approximately 1/4 mile west of the accident site, observed an airplane flying south to north approximately 250-300 feet agl, and "all of a sudden the airplane started upwards straight as an arrow and then it just stalled kind of like and headed straight downwards and it turned 1/4 of the wa
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall.
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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.
