- Date
- November 7, 1982, 19:00 local (Nov 8, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- NTSB coordinates
- 32.5802, -96.8591 (estimated), outside the stated state
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N67798Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821107057579A
- Case key
- 72880
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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
On the day before the accident the plt flew the acft to excelsor springs, MO for refueling, returning to liberty. On 11/7/82 at 1545 the flt departedliberty on an IFR flt plan. Approximately 7 mi north of Tulsa intl arpt the plt elected to land at Tulsa for refueling. The plt stated the fuel gauges were indicating 1/4 full. During vectors to the arpt the eng quit & the acft struck the top of a tree 1.5 mi short of the rwy. The right fuel tank was empty & the left tank contained approximately 2.5 gals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67798
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282027
- Airframe hours
- 1,255
- Engine
- Lycoming 235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip D. Alexander
- Registered owner
- Phillip D. Alexander
- Departed
- MO10 · Liberty, MO
- Destination
- OKM · Okmulgee, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa International, runway 17, 9,999 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 284 total · 31 in this make and model · 197 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 23 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 2 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.