- Date
- September 6, 1987, 16:53 local (21:53 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48140Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22425
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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
The plt was on a x-country flt from addison to College Station, TX, but diverted to livingston, TX, due to 'time constraint.' The arpt at livingston was unattended. At aprx 1615 CDT, he took off & contd to College Station. However, during the flt, he became disoriented & requested a df steer from the College Station control tower. While obtaining a steer, the plt transmitted that the acft was out of fuel & that he would be unable to reach the arpt. At about 1653, he made a forced landing in a field where the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48140
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Center Line Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- OOR · Lake Livingston, TX
- Destination
- CLL · College Station, TX
- Airport
- CLL · College Station
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 115 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg