- Date
- December 26, 1991, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alpha, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N106CFCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911226057219A
- Case key
- 15373
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning and refueling not performed by the pilot.
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 pilot said the engine failed during a solo, cross country instructional flight. An emergency landing was attempted in a farm field, which resulted in a nose over. The aircraft had flown about 4.1 hours since refueling. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel. No mechanical malfunctions or failures were discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280851
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying "C" Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 0C8 · Newark, IL
- Destination
- GBG · Galesburg, IL
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- GBG, 15 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.