# NTSB CHI86LA113: Cessna 152, N68741, Greenville, MI, October 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1985, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, MI
- Coordinates: 43.169807, -85.250427 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1698&lon=-85.2504&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): 13441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13441/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA113

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel system - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION TEN MILES NORTH OF HIS DESTINATION. DURING THE FORCED LANDING THE PROP AND LEFT WING WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE RAN OUT OF FUEL THE RIGHT FUEL GUAGE READ BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/3 FULL. HE LATER TESTED THE GUAGES AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT GUAGE SHOWED 1/4 MORE FUEL THAN THE LEFT GUAGE WHEN THE ACFT WAS SITTING IN A LEVEL POSITION ON THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68741](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68741-1995-10-10), registration cancelled 1995-10-10, S/N 15282350 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282350
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero Lease, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Y47, DETROIT, MI
- Destination: 6D6, GREENVILLE, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 18,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRR, 20 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 19851029072829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029072829A), Oct 29, 1985: Cessna 152, Greenville, MI, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on a aerial survey flight overturned landing in a field.

## Other investigations on N68741 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI92LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA247), Aug 16, 1992: Cessna 152 (N68741), Houghton Lake, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A PREMATURE LIFT-OFF.

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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