Accident · 2005-04-11

NTSB case NYC05FA069 · Cessna 152 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2005-04-11
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 152 (N24779)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Sporty's Academy Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Sporty's Academy

Probable cause

An improperly installed rudder bumper, which resulted in a rudder jam during spin training and subsequent uncontrolled descent into terrain. A factor was the operator did not comply with the service bulletin.

Source: NTSB case NYC05FA069

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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