ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358775
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 June 1995 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Southeastern Flight Academy |
| Registration: | N5523B |
| MSN: | 15283893 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8546 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Juliette, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Macon, GA (KMAC) |
| (KMAC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AFTER COMPLETING PRACTICE COMMERCIAL PILOT MANEUVERS, THE PRIVATE PILOT AND A STUDENT PILOT PASSENGER WERE CONDUCTING A PERSONAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT OVER LAKE JULIETTE IN JULIETTE, GEORGIA WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE WATER. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AS THEY WERE FLYING OVER THE LAKE AT A LOW ALTITUDE. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN WATCHING THE PLANE FLYING VERY LOW AND GOING IN AND OUT OF COVES. THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER INTO THE WATER. BOTH THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURIES. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH THE WATER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL95LA121
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 1983 | N5523B | Tullahoma Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Hamilton, AL | |
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| 14-Mar-2024 18:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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