# Accident 19980815020899A: Cessna 152, Blueash, OH, August 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1998, 23:05 local time
- Place: Blueash, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2402° N, 84.3502° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2402&lon=-84.3502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93784, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93784-2000-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 59 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980815020899A

## Narrative

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

ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL, ACFT CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJ, AND THE 2 POB IN THE VAN SUFFERED FATAL INJ. (-23) ON AUGUST 15, 1998, AT 2305 EDT, A CESSNA 152, N93784, REGISTERED TO SCHIMIDT AVIATION, CINCINNATI, OHIO, COLLIDED WITH A CAR WHILE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROA DIN BLUE ASH, OHIO, WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA (HUF) ON AUGUST 15, 1998 AT 2050 EDT.                                               (.4) THE PILOT FLEW TO THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, AND PERFORMED MILITARY DUTY AS A MEDICAL OFFICER. THAT EVENING HE GAVE A 30-MINUTE ORIENTATION RIDE TO A SERVICE MEMBER, AND THEN DEPARTED FOR HIS HOME AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM HIS DESTINATION THE PILOT TRANSMITTED A MAYDAY CALL AND ANNOUNCED, 'I'M OUT OF GAS AND...I CANNOT MAKE THE AIRPORT.' THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING TO THE WESTBOUND LANES OF A HIGHWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A VAN HEAD ON. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO ODOR OF FUEL AT THE SC                ENE AND ONE GALLON OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE TANKS. THE HOBBS METER REFLECTED 3.8 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME FROM THE PILOT'S FIRST TAKE-OFF. THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL CAPACITY WAS 26 GALLONS, 24.5 GALLONS OF WHICH WERE USABLE. THE PILOT HAD 99 HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, APPROXIMATELY 59 OF WHICH WERE IN MAKE AND MODEL.

## 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 IAD98FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA095), Aug 16, 1998: Cessna 152 (N93784), Blue Ash, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inaccurate calculation of the fuel which resulted in exhaustion of fuel and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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