# Accident 19960310003809A: Cessna 152, Savannah, GA, March 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1996, 13:50 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2905° N, 81.2293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2905&lon=-81.2293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68129, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68129-2011-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,824 total, 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960310003809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON APPROACH, REPORTED A LOSS OF POWER, COULDN'T MAKE AIRPORT, CRASHED IN A FIELD. (.4)AT ABOUT THE TIME THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHLY. THE PILOT SELECTED A FORCED LANDING SITE. HE SAID THAT THE MIXTURE WAS AT FULL RICH AND CARBURETOR HEAT HAD BEEN APPLIED, WHEN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OCCURRED. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES OF SMALL DIAMETER. AS THE AIRPLANE ROLLED OUT, THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A MOUND OF DIRT, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INJURY. A POSTACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE AIRPLANE FUEL TANKS AND NO FUEL OR FUEL RESIDUE ON THE GROUND AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. DURING A POSTACCIDENT ENGINE RUN, THE ENGINE WAS FULLY OPERATIONAL. THE PILOT REPORTED HIS PLANNED FLIGHT TIME EN ROUTE TO HIS DESTINATION TO BE THREE HOURS AND SEVENTEEN MINUTES AT 75% POWER SETTING. ACCORDING TO THE CESSNA 152 FLIGHT MANUAL, THE MAXIMUM ENDURANCE AT 75% POWER (ALLOWING FOR UNUSABLE FUEL) WAS THREE HOURS AND FIVE MINUTES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL96LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA062), Mar 10, 1996: Cessna 152U (N68129), Rincon, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: Inaccurate fuel consumption calculations by the pilot, and an inadequate supply of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent nose over of the airplane, during a forced landing on uneven…

## Other reports on N68129 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920614024789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920614024789I), Jun 14, 1992: Cessna 152 (N68129), Winchester, TN, Minor damage. Pilot landed fast and was unable to stop on Private strip. Struck a ditch.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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