# Incident 19960720025119I: Cessna 152, Utica/Frankfort, NY, July 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1996, 15:45 local time
- Place: Utica/Frankfort, NY
- Airport: Frankfort-Utica Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0964° N, 75.2260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0964&lon=-75.2260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757WM-2013-05-01) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,152 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960720025119I

## Narrative

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

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 19940819027229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940819027229A), Aug 19, 1994: Cessna 152 (N757WM), Arcadia, FL, Substantial damage. Landed to avoid thunderstorms on cross country. Veered off runway into a ditch. Poor weather for solo student.
- [Incident 19920117003829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920117003829I), Jan 17, 1992: Cessna 152 (N757WM), Macon, GA, Minor damage. Pilot practicing steep spirals. Engine did not respond. Impacted in field. Able to fly out of field
- [Incident 19910914050241I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910914050241I), Sep 14, 1991: Cessna 152 (N757WM), Macon, GA, Minor damage. On short final another aircraft reported short final. Other aircrafts propeller hit elevator of this aircraft.
- [Incident 19891226064539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891226064539I), Dec 26, 1989: Cessna 152 (N757WM), Adel, GA. Engine losing power. Landed in field without incident. Cylinder cracked due to broken intake valve.

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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