Cessna 152 N89225

Summary

On 6 January 1983 at about 22:52 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89225, operated by Mark Wayne Brown, was involved in an accident near La Belle, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 January 1983 at 22:52

Classification

Accident

Location

La Belle, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.6402, -81.3400

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89225

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mark Wayne Brown

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

La Belle → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA83FA057

2 people 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

AT ABOUT 1720 A COMMERCIAL PLT LANDED AT LA BELLE ARPT & REPORTED THAT THE CEILING WAS RAGGED IN NATURE, SOME 200-300 FTOFF THE GROUND, WITH VISIBILITY 2 MI IN DRIZZLE. AS HE WAS LEAVING THE ARPT HE NOTICED 2 MEN SITTING IN A BLUE & WHILE C-152. AFTER ARRIVING AT HIS HOME, LOCATED 1-1/2 MI FROM THE ARPT, HE OBSERVED A BLUE & WHILE C-152 AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL.HE HEARD AN ENG SOUND OF 'EXTREME HIGH R.P.M AND THEN SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.' HE THEN DROVE BACK TO THE ARPT & FOUND THE BLUE & WHITE C-152 MISSING. THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT A DESCENT ANGLE OF NEAR 15 DEG NOSE DOWN. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT (BAC) WAS 0.15% & HIS GASTRIC BAC WAS 0.449%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.