- Date
- February 18, 1990, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Peewee Valley, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95445Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900218002429A
- Case key
- 8208
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper precautionary landings. The pilot's improper planning/decisions, the low fuel level, and the terrain conditions at the airstrip were related factors.
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 private pilot was on a cross-country flight in preparation for a commercial certificate. The pilot checked fuel over cincinatti and made the decision that, with 10 gallons, sufficient fuel remained to complete the flight. At about 10 miles from the destination, the pilot notified ATC that she had a low fuel level and requested vectors to a closer airport. The pilot was vectored to a turf strip. Unable to determine runway orientation, the pilot landed to the east on runway 07, which she reported as being uneven. The pilot use hard braking to stop the aircraft. As it went through an area of soft terrain, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped in a nose down attitude. The pilot had been informed by her instructor to land at cincinatti, if the fuel was at half or less. The aircraft carried 24.5 usable gallons. The school requirements included landing with one hour of fuel remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95445
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285898
- Airframe hours
- 2,771
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kent State University
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 14, 1989 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 1G3 · Kent, OH
- Destination
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KY54 · Stutz Field, runway 7, 2,400 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 88 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 9 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.
Other investigations on N95445 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.