EAGLE RIVER, AK, USA
N94547
CESSNA C-152
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A TRAINING FLT AT AN ALT OF 3000 FT MSL. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE 2 OCCUPANTS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE CFI STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE ACFT CRASHED DURING A TURN IN RISING TERRAIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ACFT WAS WITHIN WEIGHT AND C.G. LIMITS. THE ACFT LEFT ON 9/10 AT 1515 HOURS AND CRASHED AT 1600 HOURS. IT WAS REPORTED MISSING AT 1624 ON 9/11 BY THE CFI'S SISTER. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED SO FSS HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE FLT. ELMENDORF RCC DIDRECEIVE AN ELT SIGNAL PRIOR TO THE SISTERS REPORT. CAP WAS NOTIFIED AT 1750 ON 9/11. THE ACFT WAS FOUND BY A CIVILIAN ACFT AT 1839 HOURS. AT 1945 USAF RESCUE WAS LAUNCHED. THERE WAS NO SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT ON THE ACFT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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