Cessna 152 N5523B

Summary

On 27 June 1995 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5523B, operated by Southeastern Flight Academy, was involved in an accident near Juliette, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 June 1995 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Juliette, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.1195, -83.8205

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5523B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Southeastern Flight Academy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

MacOn → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL95LA121

Nobody was injured.

THE PILOT'S OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH THE WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.