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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Utica/Frankfort, NY · July 20, 1996

Date: July 20, 1996 · 15:45 local
Place: Utica/Frankfort, NY
Airport: Frankfort-Utica Airport
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N757WM
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,152 total

N757WMRegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Cessna 152S/N 15280062 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot departed linden airport, NJ, for a cross country flight to oneida, NY with one passenger. Pilot stated he used a power setting to give himself 4 hrs of flying. Approx. 3.4 hrs. Into flight he landed at Frankfort-highland airport to refuel. He was unable to refuel at Frankfort-highland as the fuel pump would not operate. He checked the fuel gauges and they both indicated just under 1/4 tank. He also made a visual check to confirm this. Pilot computed fuel to continue onto oneida county airport and felt he had enough. Pilot departed Frankfort airport for oneida county airport. A couple of minutes into the flight the engine sputtered. At this time the left fuel gauge showed a little less than 1/4 tank and right gauge was at zero. Pilot stated that engine quit and he made an emergency landing into a field with 3.5 hrs. Of flight time. Aircraft sustained damage to propeller, a wheel separated and the fuselage near tail was wrinkled. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED LINDEN AIRPORT, NJ, FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO ONEIDA, NY WITH ONE PASSENGER. PILOT STATED HE USED A POWER SETTING TO GIVE HIMSELF 4 HRS OF FLYING. APPROX. 3.4 HRS. INTO FLIGHT HE LANDED AT FRANKFORT-HIGHLAND AIRPORT TO REFUEL. HE WAS UNABLE TO REFUEL AT FRANKFORT-HIGHLAND AS THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NOT OPERATE. HE CHECKED THE FUEL GAUGES AND THEY BOTH INDICATED JUST UNDER 1/4 TANK. HE ALSO MADE A VISUAL CHECK TO CONFIRM THIS. PILOT COMPUTED FUEL TO CONTINUE ONTO ONEIDA COUNTY AIRPORT AND FELT HE HAD ENOUGH. PILOT DEPARTED FRANKFORT AIRPORT FOR ONEIDA COUNTY AIRPORT. A COUPLE OF MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. AT THIS TIME THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE SHOWED A LITTLE LESS THAN 1/4 TANK AND RIGHT GAUGE WAS AT ZERO. PILOT STATED THAT ENGINE QUIT AND HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FIELD WITH 3.5 HRS. OF FLIGHT TIME. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, A WHEEL SEPARATED AND THE FUSELAGE NEAR TAIL WAS WRINKLED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N757WM · 4

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

Accident 19940819027229ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Arcadia, FLLanded to avoid thunderstorms on cross country. Veered off runway into a ditch. Poor weather for solo student.Aug 19, 1994 · Substantial damage Incident 19920117003829IPractice Training Manuevers · Macon, GAPilot practicing steep spirals. Engine did not respond. Impacted in field. Able to fly out of fieldJan 17, 1992 · Minor damage Incident 19910914050241IFinal Approach · Macon, GAOn short final another aircraft reported short final. Other aircrafts propeller hit elevator of this aircraft.Sep 14, 1991 · Minor damage Incident 19891226064539IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Adel, GAEngine losing power. Landed in field without incident. Cylinder cracked due to broken intake valve.Dec 26, 1989