- Date
- May 18, 1989, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hinckley, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24334Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890518012239A
- Case key
- 8030
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to calculate proper fuel consumption for the flight which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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 plt had planned the flt for 4 hours using 6 gph. The eng quit after about 3.8 hours of flight. The plt did not state if the mixture was leaned during the flt. A forced landing was made to a plowed field and the airplane nosed over during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24334
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-80221
- Airframe hours
- 732
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sandra Gordley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 29, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- Findlay, OH
- Destination
- Medina, OH
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 85 in this make and model · 143 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
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 N24334 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.