- Date
- February 28, 1985, 21:15 local (Mar 1, 1985, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wayne City, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68183Cessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850228006919A
- Case key
- 13017
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route on a night x-country flt the acft experienced fuel exhaustion. An emergency lndg was attempted to a road. The acft struck a power pole that was not visible in the darkness and then hung up in the wires. The acft was destroyed when it was dislodged from the wires and it fell to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68183
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-82169
- Airframe hours
- 2,206
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carondo Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 19, 1984 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- TRI · Kingsport, TN
- Destination
- MVN · Mt. Vernon, IL
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 301 total · 41 in this make and model · 233 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLV, 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.