- Date
- December 28, 1988, 17:05 local (Dec 29, 1988, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Gilcrest, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46974Cessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881228056899A
- Case key
- 17654
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt, with his wife as a pax, departed greeley, CO, on a cross-country flt to clayton, NM. After landing, the pilot had his aircraft refueled. It took 23.5 gallons of fuel to fill the fuel tanks. The plt then took off, flew 46 miles southeast, then turned around for his return flt to co. he arrived in the denver area and landed at a small airport east of denver. He then departed the airport, without refueling, and flew to another airport north of denver. Again, after a short time on the ground, he departed without refueling. About 7 minutes later, the eng quit and the plt made a forced landing on a snow-covered field during which the aircraft nosed over. Wreckage recovery personnel reported finding only 1 quart of fuel in the aircraft tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46974
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283154
- Airframe hours
- 2,748
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry J. Kuebrich, doing business as Air Link Training Center, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Link Training Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 3, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 2V2 · Longmont, CO
- Destination
- GXY · Greeley, CO
- 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 120 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N46974 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.