- Date
- September 7, 1987, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Roby, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4868BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870907056109A
- Case key
- 22426
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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
After aprx 3.3 hrs of flt, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. The plt rprtd that when he made a forced landing in a field, the nose tire dug in the ground & the acft nosed over. Also, he stated that he did not top off the fuel tanks before departing on the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4868B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283683
- Airframe hours
- 1,825
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sittler Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1986 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- 1H6 · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- TX50 · Colorado City, TX
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 33 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.