# NTSB ATL87LA239: Cessna 152, N5270B, Lewisburg, KY, August 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Lewisburg, KY
- Coordinates: 36.979488, -86.949562 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9795&lon=-86.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7505
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7505/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA239

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - aircraft service - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5270B-1992-03-10), registration cancelled 1992-03-10, S/N 15283822 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283822
- Airframe hours: 3410
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870823050579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870823050579A), Aug 23, 1987: Cessna 152, Lewisburg, KY, Substantial damage. Lost power. Landed in a field. On landing roll struck a fence. Fuel exhaustion.

## Other investigations on N5270B (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 ATL83LKW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LKW02), Jul 30, 1983: Cessna 152 (N5270B), Nashville, TN, minor damage

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.

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