# NTSB CHI85LA192: Cessna A152, N4799A, West Bend, WI, May 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1985, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: West Bend, WI
- Coordinates: 43.42033, -88.180335 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4203&lon=-88.1803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13063
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13063/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA192

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - refueling - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4799A), registered now, S/N A1520893, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520893
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850508035209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850508035209A), May 8, 1985: Cessna A152, West Bend, WI, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on short final, landed in soft grass area where the nose gear collapsed and aircraft flipped over.

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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