Cessna 152 N4970B

Summary

On 8 April 1987 at about 00:15 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N4970B, operated by Skypark Aviation, was involved in an accident near Bountiful, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 April 1987 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Bountiful, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Salt Lake Skypark (BTF)

Coordinates

40.8797, -111.8199

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N4970B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Skypark Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA089

1 person had minor injuries.

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 STUD PLT WAS PRACTICING STALLS ABOUT 10 N OF ARPT. DURING RECOVERY FROM A STALL THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PLT SAID HE ADVANCED THROTTLE, APPLIED CARB HEAT, AND TRIED TO ADJUST MIXTURE. THE ENG CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE PWR AND THE PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS AT ABOUT 200 FT UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ARPT AND THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO ALIGN WITH RWY 16, WHICH WAS THE DOWNWIND RWY. UPON APPROACHING RWY 16 THE PLT NOTED ANOTHER ACFT LANDING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND TURNED TO PARALLEL THE RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND DUE TO LOW PWR AND STALLED AND CRASHED FROM ABOUT 20 FT AGL NEAR MIDFIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS NOT IN THE FULL IN POSITION. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND A TEST RUN OF THE ENG DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF A PRE-ACCIDENT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR DEFICIENCY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.