- Date
- February 10, 1991, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Osseo, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49288Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910210001879A
- Case key
- 15011
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion which occurred when the pilot became lost/disoriented. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of total experience, the terrain condition, and a fence.
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 pilot said that while on a solo cross-country flight, he became lost and disorientated. The engine lost power and an emergency landing was made on a snow covered farm field, which resulted in a collision with a fence, then a nose over. Post-accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks were empty of usable fuel. An engine run-up performed satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49288
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281226
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wisconsin Avaition Activities
- Departed
- GRB · Greenbay, WI
- Destination
- LSE · Lacrosse, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EAU, 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.