# Incident 19971104042519I: Cessna 152, Eden, WI, November 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eden, WI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6961° N, 88.3650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eden, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6961&lon=-88.3650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6286M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6286M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 19 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971104042519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON THE LAST LEG OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO OSHKOSH, WI CESSNA 152, N6286M EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT FIRST ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO THE FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER, OR OTHER WISE RUN ROUGH, SO PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A CORN FIELD RATHER THAN CONTINUE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE PILOT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW FUEL TRUCK IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ASSUMED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REFUELED. HE STATED HE DID CHECK THE FUEL LEVEL AND OBSERVED SOME FUEL IN THE TANKS BUT THEY WERE NOT TOPPED OFF. PILOT INITIATED CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITHOUT INSURING SUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY TO HIS INTENDED DESTINATION AND THERE AFTER FOR FORTY-FIVE (45) MINUTES (NIGHT FLIGHT). THIS IMPROPER FLIGHT PLANNING VIOLATED FAR 91.13(A); 91103(A); AND 91.151(A).

## Other reports on N6286M (1)

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

- [Incident 20180614007899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180614007899I), Jun 14, 2018: Cessna 152 (N6286M), Redmond, OR, Minor damage. Pilot was conducting a solo cross country flight and upon landing at krdm, winds were reported as variable at five knots. Just prior to touchdown on runway 5,…

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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