- Date
- April 28, 1982, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ridgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5204MBeech BE-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820428015159A
- Case key
- 72390
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot departed oshkosh, WI on a round robin cross country flight. The flight was destined for rockford, IL, lacrosse, WI and oshkosh. The aircraft departed oshkosh with full fuel tanks and was not refueled en route. The total duration of the flight was 4 hours 15 minutes. The aircraft struck a fence during a forced landing. Examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of fuel in either fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5204M
- Reported as
- Beech BE-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-878
- Airframe hours
- 2,076
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Basler Flight Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Basler Flight Service, Inc.
- Departed
- Lacrosse, WI
- Destination
- Oshkosh, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GBR, 50 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 N5204M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.