Cessna 152 N5527M
16 June 2005 · Fort Payne, Alabama, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 June 2005 at about 04:20 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5527M was involved in an accident near Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 04:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Payne, Alabama, United States
- Coordinates
- 34.4783, -85.7244
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N5527M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Payne → Fort Payne
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL05CA097
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The intentional unauthorized use of a stolen aircraft by an unqualified person which resulted in a hard landing and substantial damage to the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the police, the 14 year old boy had never flown an airplane before. He stated to the police that he wanted to go flying. He went to the airport and found an airplane with the keys in it. He flew for a few minutes and landed, then took off again. On the second flight, he flew a few minutes longer and and attempted to land again. This time he landed hard and the airplane veered to the left. He stated that he added power in an attempt to go-around and the airplane crashed on a road nose down and slid about 40-feet.The 14-year old boy was arrested and charged with the theft of an airplane and was being held in juvenile detention pending a formal hearing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 152 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2005 | Cessna 152 | Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States | Oklahoma State University Flight Center | No injuries | - |
| 26 Dec 2005 | Cessna 152 | Pelican Lake, Wisconsin, United States | Spring City Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 2005 | Cessna 152 | Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2005 | Cessna 152 | Concord, New Hampshire, United States | Emerson Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 2005 | Cessna 152 | Lakewood, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 9 Dec 2005 | Cessna 152 | Clinge, Netherlands | Aeroclub Sanicole | Fatal | 2 |
All 3,030 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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