- Date
- July 7, 1986, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Porum, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47802Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860707030919A
- Case key
- 22052
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Analysis
The student pilot became disoriented during a cross-country flight. He was unable to find an airport and had to land in a field due to fuel exhaustion. During the attempted landing he had to maneuver to avoid a herd of cows and collided with a concrete fence post resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47802
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283252
- Airframe hours
- 4,235
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Versatile Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OWP · Sand Springs, OK
- Destination
- MLC · Mc Allester, OK
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 61 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 50 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 N47802 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.