Cessna 152 accident near Dallas, Texas, October 11, 1983
On October 11, 1983 at about 11:00 pm local time, a Cessna 152, registered N67176, was destroyed in an accident near Dallas, Texas. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 11, 1983 · about 11:00 pm local time
- Place
- Dallas, Texas · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- conditions the NTSB did not record
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · all 152s on the register
- Registration
- N67176 · registry record · serial 15285290
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
WHILE STILL SEVERAL MILES FROM ADDISON, TX, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED THE LEADING EDGE OF A THUNDERSTORM. BOTH OCCUPANTS STATED THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR. REPORTEDLY, THE WIND SHEAR WAS SO SEVERE THAT IT FORCED THE ACFT DOWN & IT CONTACTED THE GROUND. A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE WX AT ADDISON CHANGED FROM 1300 SCATTERED TO 900 FT OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1 MI. ABOUT 30 MIN LATER, THE WX IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 737 hours in all; 112 in this make and model; 199 in the last 90 days; 656 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 721 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection; 78 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,670 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming O-235-L2C (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Centerline Aviation INC.
The flight
- Departed from: F42 Mesquite TX
- Destination: Addison TX
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Sky: not recorded; not recorded
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 11:00 pm from ADS, 8 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW84LA012.