- Date
- July 6, 1991, 03:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Woodchopper Crk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N6276PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910706028199A
- Case key
- 5574
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to fuel exhaustion, the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and the unsuitable terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot experienced an engine failure during cruise flight. The airplance nosed over when the forced landing was made on an unprepared terrain. No fuel was found in the airplane's fuel tanks or system. After adding fuel, the engine started and ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6276P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284993
- Airframe hours
- 4,621
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark W. Sayre
- Registered owner
- Gary D. Hem
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 27, 1991 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 98 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6276P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.