- Date
- October 17, 1987, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murfreesboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757ADCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871017059989A
- Case key
- 7657
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Analysis
The student plt became lost on the return leg of his 1st solo cross-country flt. He elected to make a precautionary ldg in a plowed field after observing the acft fuel gauges indicating near empty. The acft nosewheel sank into soft dirt during rollout and the acft nosed over. Total elapsed flt time since beginning the flt with full fuel tanks was reportedly 2.6 hrs. The Cessna 152 POH indicates that the acft should have had an expected endurance in excess of 3 hrs under existing conditions. The accident site was located approx 10 miles from the destination arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757AD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279578
- Airframe hours
- 2,635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry L. Joyner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1987 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- W78 · South Boston, VA
- Destination
- ASJ · Ahoskie, NC
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.