# NTSB CHI84LA167: Cessna 152, Marine City, MI, April 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1984, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Coordinates: 42.709728, -82.49073 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7097&lon=-82.4907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12592
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12592/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA167

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - radio communications - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT DEPARTED LONDON, ONTARIO WITH 14 GAL OF FUEL ON BOARD. HE BECAME DISORIENTED & FLEW OVER SARNIA WHICH HE MISTOOKFOR DETROIT. HE STATED THAT HE WAITED TOO LONG BEFORE CONTACTING ANYONE FOR HELP. WHEN HE FINALLY CALLED SELFRIDGE APPROACH & WAS BEING VECTORED TO MARINE CITY, FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A SOFT FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGDPP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280865
- Airframe hours: 1271
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Windsor Lfying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 10, 1984, 97 hours before
- Departed: CYXU, LONDON, ONTARIO
- Destination: CYQG, WINDSOR ONTARIO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 76G, Marine City

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DET, 26 nm away

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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