# Accident 20010323005859A: Cessna 152, Antlers, OK, March 23, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 23, 2001, 14:50 local time - Place: Antlers, OK - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.2290° N, 95.6107° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2290&lon=-95.6107&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5308M (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Reported engine: LYC O235L2C - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 145 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01TA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01TA084) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010323005859A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON MARCH 23, 2001, AT 1450 CST, A CESSNA 152 AIRPLANE N5308M, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BOH AIR CORP., OF TULSA, OK, UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PUBLIC USE FLIGHT. THE FIRE SPOTTING FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT, TULSA, OK AT 1130. WHILE PERFORMING FIRE SPOTTING DUTIES, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL TO THE OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO COMPLETE ANOTHER CIRCUIT BEFORE DEPARTING TO STAN STAMPER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HUGO, OK FOR FUEL. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO AN UNIMPROVED, RUTTY, SERVICE ROAD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. (-23)ON MARCH 23, 2001, A CESSNA 152, N5308M, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BOH AIR CORP. WAS CONDUCTING A FIRE SPOTTING FLIGHT FOR THE FORESTRY SERVICE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR THREE HOURS AND FIVE MINTUES AND HAD REPORTED TO THE GROUND CREW THAT HE WAS GOING TO HUGO, OK, TO FUEL UP. AS HE TURNED, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. THE PILOT FOUND A CLEARING TO ATTEMT A LANDING. DURING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT ROUGH GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER, AHND CAME TO REST INVERTED ON A HEADING OF 220 DEGREES. THE PILOT HAD A SMALL ABRASION ON ONE KNEE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE NOSE BROKE OUT OF THE ENGINE TRUSS, THE PROP WAS BENT, AND THE CARBURETOR WAS BROKEN OFF THE INDUCTION SUMP. THE LEFT WING WAS BUCKLED THREE FEET FROM THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEADING EDGES OF BOTH WINGS WERE DAMAGED FROM THE WING TIPS INBOARD ABOUT EIGHTEEN INCHES AND PUSHED BACK TO THE SPAR. THE TOP OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS BENT AND TOP OF THE RUDDER WAS DAMAGED. (.4) ON MARCH 23, 2001, AT 1450 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152 AIRPLA NE, N5308M, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BOH AIR CORP., OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE OKLAHOMA FORESTRY SERVICE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PUBLIC USE FLIGHT. THE FIRE SPOTTING FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AT 1130. PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, THE OPERATOR INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS "FULL" AND THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS FULL EVEN IF THE GAUGE SHOWED ONLY "HALF FULL." WHILE PERFORMING FIRE SPOTTING DUTIES, THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE OPERATOR THAT HE HAD "BEEN FLYING FOR THREE HOURS (AND THAT HE) WAS HEADED TO GET SOME FUEL." THE OPERATOR INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO COMPLETE ANOTHER CIRCUIT BEFORE DEPARTING TO STAN STAMPER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HUGO, OKLAHOMA FOR FUEL. FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT CALLED THE OPERATOR "TO REMIND HIM THAT (HE) HAD BEEN FLYING FOR OVER THRE E HOURS, AND THAT (HE) WAS HEADED TO GET SOME (FUEL)." THE OPERATOR ACKNOWLEDGED AND TOLD THE PILOT TO REPORT WHEN HE WILL BE "BACK IN THE AIR." SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT SET HIS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TO THE STAN STAMPER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND FIGURED OUT THAT IT WOULD TAKE HIM APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES TO GET THERE. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MINUTES BEFORE REACHING HIS DESTINATION, THE PILOT NOTICED A DECREASE IN RPM AND ENGINE ROUGHNESS. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD SURROUNDED BY TREES THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY FLOWN OVER. UPON TOUCH DOWN, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT STOP DUE TO THE WET FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE MADE A TURN TO AVOID A DITCH WHICH WAS AT THE END OF THE FIELD, AND THE AIRPLANE HIT SMALL TREES AND AN OBJECT ON THE GROUND, NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, REVEALED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY SEPARATED, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER BUCKLED, AND BOTH WINGS WERE STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED. IN ADDITION, THE INSPECTOR FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. ON THE "RECOMMENDATION (HOW COULD THIS ACCIDENT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED)" SECTION OF THE PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT (NTSB FORM 6120.1/2), THE PILOT STATED THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WITH THE "USE [OF] BETTER JUDGMENT" AND BY "EXERCISING PILOT IN COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING FUEL CONSUMPTION, WIND DIRECTION, TIME AND OTHER CONDITION." ## 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 FTW01TA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01TA084), Mar 23, 2001: Cessna 152 (N5308M), Antlers, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion in cruise flight due to the pilot's delay in refueling. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.