- Date
- May 8, 1985, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Bend, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4799ACessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850508035209A
- Case key
- 13063
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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
Plt departed fondulac, WI, with full fuel (24.5 gallons usable) and flew aprx 25 miles south where 2 1/2 hrs were spent taking aerial photographs. Flt then proceeded aprx 60 miles to manitowoc, WI where a landing was made. Departure was then made with aprx 9 gallons of fuel onboard for West Bend, WI (aprx 48 miles aways). On final apch engine quit. Forced landing made in soft terrain and nose gear collapsed. Acft nosed over. Aprx 1 qt fuel drained out of acft when turned over. Additional 3 oz was later drained. Fuel was added to acft and test run was performed. Engine operated without difficulty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4799A
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520893
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Ortman, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- MTW · Manitowoa, WI
- Destination
- ETB · West Bend, WI
- Airport
- ETB · West Bend
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,460 as pilot in command · 1,032 in the last 90 days · 107 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 30 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.