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NTSB Identification: ATL97LA120. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
Accident occurred Sunday, August 10, 1997 at DUNLAP, TN |
Aircraft: Cessna 152, registration: N6270H |
Injuries: 2 Uninjured |
Event: 20001208X08553 Status: Final Report Approved On Friday, April 24, 1998 |
NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
On August 10, 1997, about 1600 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6270H, collided with a tree during an attempted forced landing in |
Dunlap, Tennessee. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, with no flight plan filed. Visual |
meteorological conditions prevailed. The private pilot and passenger were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight |
departed Dallas Bay Airport, Chattanooga, Tennessee, about 1400. |
According to the pilot, while he was returning back from a personal flight, the engine began to cough. The engine was "coughing in irregular |
intervals and there was a clear loss of power and altitude." He chose a field and headed for it. The pilot stated as he got closer to the field he |
realized he was headed for some trees. He attempted to go-around when the engine fully quit. The airplane came to rest 30 feet above the |
ground hanging from some oak trees. The pilot stated he and his passenger were able to climb down the tree. The pilot believed he had an hour |
of fuel left in the tanks. |
The FAA conducted an on site examination of the wreckage. About four to six gallons of fuel were found in the fuel tanks. Compression was |
found on all four cylinders. The FAA inspector examining the airplane stated he could not rotate the propeller 360 degrees due to the starter ring |
gear grinding the starter housing when the propeller rotated. The FAA inspector stated four bolts were missing from the hub due to the spinner |
hitting a tree. Flight control continuity was observed and the cables were intact between the instrument panel and the engine. |
NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
The pilot was returning from a personal flight when the engine had a partial loss of power. The pilot chose a field, headed for it, and as he |
approached the intended landing site, believed he would hit the trees so he attempted a go-around. The engine then quit, and the airplane came |
to rest in an oak tree 30 feet above the ground. During the postaccident examination of the airplane, four to six gallons of fuel was found in the |
tanks. The inspector indicated he found no reason for the loss of power. |
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. |
Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
Phase of Operation: CRUISE |
Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
1 ( Cause ) REASON FOR OCCURRENCE UNDETERMINED / / |
Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING |
Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH OBJECT |
Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING |
Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 3 |
1 (Finding) OBJECT / TREE(S) / (0) |
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