- Date
- March 14, 1982, 16:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lusby, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N159TCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71517
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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 student was on a cross-country flight from leonardtown, MD to cumberland, MD to lancaster, pa and then return to leonardtown. Before takeoff, the student was instructed to refuel at cumberland or lancaster before continuing. The student stated that he had requested services at lancaster, but he received no fuel. He checked the fuel gauges. Reportedly, the left and right guages indicated 3/4 and 3/8 full, respectively. The student checked the fuel tanks and believed the fuel gauges were approximately correct. However, while on the last leg of the cross-country flight, the engine lost power. During a forced landing, the aircraft hit a concrete object and overturned. The 300 plus mile flight would have taken about 5 hours and 50 minutes to fly. This would have required about 28 gallons of fuel. The useful fuel load of the aircraft was 24.5 gallons. No fuel was purchashed en route.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159TC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-80724
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- St. Mary'S Aero Service
- Registered owner
- Roger T. Coleman
- Departed
- Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- Leonardtown, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 30 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles