ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133965
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Date: | Sunday 28 January 1996 |
Time: | 16:45 |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | Barrett Aviation |
Registration: | N757UK |
MSN: | 15280012 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4625 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Conway, AR -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | BPK |
Destination airport: | 1M1 |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:HISTORY OF FLIGHT
On January 28, 1996, approximately 1645 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N757UK, was destroyed during a forced landing following a loss of power near Conway, Arkansas. The private pilot and one passenger received serious injuries. The rental airplane, owned by a private owner, and operated by Barrett Aviation, Little Rock, Arkansas, was being flown under Title 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The personal flight originated from Baxter County Municipal Airport, Mountain Home, Arkansas, at 1515, and was en route to North Little Rock, Arkansas. A VFR flight plan was filed; however, there is no record of the plan being activated. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the flight.
In an interview with the investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that he had flown an uneventful flight from North Little Rock, Arkansas (departure time approx. 1100) to Mountain Home, Arkansas. He stated that the fuel tanks were "full" when he departed North Little Rock. Upon landing in Mountain Home, approximately 1215, the fuel tanks were "topped off" with an additional 11.1 gallons of 100 low lead aviation fuel. After visiting with family, he returned to the airport, performed a pre-flight, and then departed on a return flight to North Little Rock at 1515.
The pilot further stated that, after approximately 75 minutes of uneventful flying (altitude: approx. 3,500 feet AGL), the engine "appeared to backfire a couple times." He attempted to adjust throttle and the mixture control and activated the carburetor heat, "but the noise persisted." Subsequently, engine RPM began to "drop into the teens", and "any attempt to adjust the throttle and mixture control just resulted in worsening the engine operation." He added that, altitude and level flight could not be maintained and he located a field to execute a forced landing. The pilot "circled the field a couple of times" to set up for the final landing. He recalled that, during the emergency descent, the winds were "gusting up to 40 miles per hour, and thus created additional difficulties." He recalled that, during the last descending turn, the airplane "just missed some tree tops" and then the "plane's nose [was] diving quickly toward the ground." As the nose dropped, he heard the stall warning horn for about 1 second and then it "abated as speed increased."
Six eye witnesses were interviewed and provided statements to the investigator-in-charge. According to two of the witnesses (closest to the accident site), the engine "sounded like it was cutting out", then they observed the airplane circling and descend into a field "nose first." Two other witnesses, who were driving in a car adjacent to the accident site, observed the airplane flying east bound "at a slow rate of speed" and losing altitude. They observed the plane make a descending 180 degree turn and then disappear behind trees. One witness, located approximately 3 miles north of the accident site, observed the airplane over head and heard the engine "backfire and sputter." Another witness, located 1/4 miles north of the site, observed the airplane descending toward a tree line, pull up, reverse course, and descend into the ground.
PERSONNEL INFORMATION
According to the pilot, he had approximately 49 hours of total flight time at the time of the accident.
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
The aircraft was manufactured in 1978. According to airframe maintenance records, provided by the operator, the aircraft's total time in service was 4543 hours as of its last 100 hour inspection performed on October 20, 1995. The tachometer time recorded at the accident site was 4625.4 hours (82.4 hours flown since the last airframe inspection). A review of the maintenance records did not reveal any uncorrected maintenance defects and, according to the records, the airframe was in compliance with applicable airworthiness directives.
The engine was a Lycoming model O-235-L2C. According to engine maintenance reco
Sources:
NTSB id 20001208X05128
Revision history:
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