- Date
- August 8, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65619Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13187
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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
The student plt stated that he began the flt with 13 gallons of fuel. Following 1 3/4 hrs in the traffic pattern he turned onto left base leg for a full-stop landing on rwy 09. At this point the eng began to lose pwr. He could not reach the rwy and performed a forced landing west of the airfield, substantially damaging the acft in the process. A post-accident examination of the acft revealed no fuel in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65619
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281655
- Airframe hours
- 2,094
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin D. Small
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1984
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing Municipal, runway 9, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
Other investigations on N65619 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.