- Date
- April 17, 1988, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Annapolis, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5269HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880417009429A
- Case key
- 11379
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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 stu & instr were returning to mitchellville after doing several touch & go landings at stevensville. The acft was level at 1700 ft when a power loss occurred. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The instr took control of the acft and landed in a marshy bog. The acft continued into a creek and nosed over. The instr and stu exited the acft assisted by fisherman. The investigation revealed there was less than 1 gal of fuel aboard the acft after the accident. The stu said the fuel gages indicated one-quarter and one-half full tanks during the preflight. Since the acft was last refueled it was flown 4.6 hrs including the accident flight which was 1.3 hrs long.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5269H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284076
- Airframe hours
- 2,870
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Freeway Airport, doing business as Freeway Airport, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dr. Scimonelli & J. R. Serone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 21, 1988 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- W29 · Stevensville, MD
- Destination
- W00 · Mitchellville, MD
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 412 total · 69 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 116 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADW, 21 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.