# Accident 20071019022449A: Cessna 152, O'Neill, NE, October 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2007, 14:55 local time
- Place: O'Neill, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4697° N, 98.6881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4697&lon=-98.6881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48862 (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: 652 total, 500 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071019022449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 19, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 CST, A CESSNA 152, N48862 DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 AT JOHN L. BAKER FIELD LOCATED IN O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT WITH THE DESTINATION OF ROYAL, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CLIMB AT 2000 FEET AGL THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS INDICATING ZERO. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A PASTURE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH AND ONE AND ONE HALF MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE LINE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI08CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA025), Oct 19, 2007: Cessna 152 (N48862), O'Neill, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to assure the oil filter was installed on the airplane which resulted in oil starvation. Factors associated with the accident were the mechanic not installing the oil filter, the…

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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