- Date
- July 15, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wall, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68422Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900715026379A
- Case key
- 14709
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's improper in flight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing in a field at which time the aircraft nosed over.
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
While flying a VFR cross country trip, the plt said that she encountered thunderstorms en route and deviated from her planned course. The engine failed and an emergency, no flap, ldg was attempted on a farm field which resulted in a nose over. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68422
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282291
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northern Colorado Aviation,Inc
- Departed
- GXY · Greeley, CO
- Destination
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 86 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 40 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.
Other investigations on N68422 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.