# NTSB ATL93LA054: Cessna 152, N757AC, Summerville, SC, February 3, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1993, 20:30 local (Feb 3, 1993, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Coordinates: 33.049095, -80.190444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0491&lon=-80.1904&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 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8726
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL93LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8726/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA054

## Probable cause

THE POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PILOT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLANNED FLIGHT WAS TO BE A ROUND TRIP FROM SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA AND RETURN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SUMMERVILLE WITH 24.5 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE PILOT PURCHASED 6 GALLONS OF FUEL IN ST. AUGUSTINE FOR THE RETURN TRIP. TOTAL FLIGHT TIME FOR THE ROUND TRIP WAS 4.7 HOURS. THE CESSNA 152 INFORMATION MANUAL SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT ENDURANCE WITH 30.5 GALLONS OF FUEL AT 65 PER CENT POWER TO BE 4.5 HOURS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757AC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757AC-1993-04-26), registration cancelled 1993-04-26, S/N 15279577 (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: 15279577
- Airframe hours: 5210
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brown Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Carolina Aviation
- Registered owner: Brown Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 5, 1993, 67 hours before
- Departed: SGJ, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 175 total, 50 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CHS, 15 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 19930202001419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930202001419A), Feb 2, 1993: Cessna 152, Summerville, SC, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach to airport. Landed in trees. No fuel. Had flown four hours 45 minutes en route.

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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