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FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Beecher, IL · August 14, 1998

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Date
August 14, 1998 · 21:30 local
Place
Beecher, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N89648
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI98LA321
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total
N89648Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15282816 · Built 1977Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(.19) On August 14, 1998, at 2130 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N89648, received substantial damage on impact with terrain during a forced landing near Beecher, Illinois. The pilot reported that the aircraft ran out of fuel. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The flight departed from kankakee, Illinois, at time unknown, and was enroute to lansing municipal near lansing, Illinois. (-23) the airplane departed lansing, IL flew to mattoon, IL and was returning to lansing when the pilot elected to stop at kankakee for fuel. The airport fuel service people had gone home for the day. The pilot elected to take-off for lansing without refueling and when the engine stopped the airplane landed in a cornfield. No fuel could be drained from the airplane at the crash site. (.4) the pilot then reported that he had landed at greater kankakee airport to obtain fuel but the fuel services at the airport were closed, so the pilot departed at approximately 2105 to complete his return to lansing municipal airport when the engine quit and the pilot then executed a forced landing into a field. Examination of the fuel tanks revealed no fuel to be present in either tank.

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON AUGUST 14, 1998, AT 2130 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N89648, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR BEECHER, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, AT TIME UNKNOWN, AND WAS ENROUTE TO LANSING MUNICIPAL NEAR LANSING, ILLINOIS. (-23) THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED LANSING, IL FLEW TO MATTOON, IL AND WAS RETURNING TO LANSING WHEN THE PILOT ELECTED TO STOP AT KANKAKEE FOR FUEL. THE AIRPORT FUEL SERVICE PEOPLE HAD GONE HOME FOR THE DAY. THE PILOT ELECTED TO TAKE-OFF FOR LANSING WITHOUT REFUELING AND WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A CORNFIELD. NO FUEL COULD BE DRAINED FROM THE AIRPLANE AT THE CRASH SITE. (.4) THE PILOT THEN REPORTED THAT HE HAD LANDED AT GREATER KANKAKEE AIRPORT TO OBTAIN FUEL BUT THE FUEL SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT WERE CLOSED, SO THE PILOT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 2105 TO COMPLETE HIS RETURN TO LANSING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT THEN EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING INTO A FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANKS REVEALED NO FUEL TO BE PRESENT IN EITHER TANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI98LA321Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeecher, ILFuel exhaustion due to fuel mismanagement by the pilot-in-command. The rough terrain was a contributing factor.Aug 15, 1998 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N89648 · 1

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

Incident 19960209011769INormal Cruise · Logansport, INNarrative: on February 9, 1996, student pilot, oscar garcia aguirre, departed lansing, IL (3HA) on a student cross country flight. His first leg was from lansing to peoria, IL (pia) and continuing to lafayette, IN (laf). During the peoria to lafayette leg,…Feb 9, 1996