# Accident 19980814021019A: Cessna 152, Beecher, IL, August 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1998, 21:30 local time
- Place: Beecher, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3409° N, 87.6095° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3409&lon=-87.6095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89648, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89648) (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: 150 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980814021019A

## Narrative

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

(.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.

## 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 CHI98LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA321), Aug 15, 1998: Cessna 152 (N89648), Beecher, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to fuel mismanagement by the pilot-in-command. The rough terrain was a contributing factor.

## Other reports on N89648 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960209011769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209011769I), Feb 9, 1996: Cessna 152 (N89648), Logansport, IN. Narrative: on February 9, 1996, student pilot, oscar garcia aguirre, departed lansing, IL (3HA) on a student cross country flight. His first leg was from…

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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