Cessna 152 N49816

Summary

On 16 September 1982 at about 19:20 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N49816, operated by Marathon Aviation Corporation, was involved in an accident near Divide, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 September 1982 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Divide, Montana, United States

Coordinates

45.7795, -112.7104

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N49816

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Marathon Aviation Corporation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Butte → Butte

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82FA198

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT STALLED & CRASHED ON THE SIDE OF A RIDGE. THE PLT WAS DESCRIBED AS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN, SPORTSMAN & HUNTER. ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS NEAR THE CRASH SITE, THE AREA IS WELL POPULATED WITH LARGE & SMALL GAME. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS COMPUTED TO BE 6,191 FT. THE PLT HAD FLOWN THE C-152 ONLY ONCE, ON 7/5/80, BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AT WHICH TIME HE LOGGED 0.9 HRS OF DUAL. HOWEVER HE HAD ALSO LOGGED 54.2 HRS IN THE C-150. THE LAST TIME THE PLT HAD FLOWN THE C-150 WAS ON 11/2/80.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.