- Date
- February 7, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46733Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820207004949A
- Case key
- 70124
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on the second leg of his cross-country flight when the engine lost power. He landed in a snow covered, plowed field. After about 60 feet of ground roll, the plane nosed over. The student stated that the engine started running rough until he applied carburetor heat, and then it smoothed out. He stated that he cut-off the carburetor heat, and then about one minute later, the engine quit. However, another pilot stated that he heard the student transmit that he was going down and that he was out of fuel or experienced fuel starvation. Also, when the plane was examined by two other persons, they found no fuel in the plane and no evidence that fuel had leaked on the snow covered terrain. Additionally, the aircraft had not been refueled during the first stop of the cross-country.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46733
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283096
- Airframe hours
- 1,149
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Neil R. Bair
- Registered owner
- Neil R. Bair
- Departed
- Ft. Wayne, IN
- Destination
- Ann Arbor, MI
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.
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 37 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
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 N46733 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.