Cessna 152 N6617L

Summary

On 9 November 1986 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6617L was involved in an accident near Lexington, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 November 1986 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lexington, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N6617L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lexington → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA018

Nobody was injured.

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

DURING A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE CFI WAS DEMONSTRATING A SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING TO A FIELD TO A 5 HOUR PRE-SOLO STUDENT PILOT. DURING RECOVERY THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY AFFECTED BY A DOWNDRAFT AND COLLIDED WITH A WIRE. THE ACFT BEGAN LOSING POWER AND WAS FORCED TO THE COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND. LOCAL SURFACE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE RECORDED TO BE 15 KNOTS WITH 28 KNOT GUSTS. THERE WERE NO PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL OR STRUCTURAL DESCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.