- Date
- August 23, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lewisburg, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5270BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870823050579A
- Case key
- 7505
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Analysis
Student PIC flew solo x-country. About 30 minutes after dpting enroute stop engine quit. He rptd checking fuel prior to departure. Flt school policy was to refuel at enroute stop which was not done. Acft was landed in a field and hit a fence during landing roll. Acft operator rptd that there was minimal fuel in the fuel tanks when the acft was recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5270B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283822
- Airframe hours
- 3,410
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Omni Aviation
- Registered owner
- Omni Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 24, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- OWB · Owensboro, KY
- Destination
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWG, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5270B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.