- Date
- February 9, 1988, 18:02 local (Feb 10, 1988, 00:02 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N68806Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880209002689A
- Case key
- 22611
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot experienced a complete loss of engine power while on the final approach. The damage to the aircraft occurred when he had to land on unsuitable terrain during the forced landing. Examination of the aircraft fuel system showed that a fuel line to the selector valve was partially blocked by an unidentified rubber-like foreign material.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68806
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282383
- Airframe hours
- 3,682
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles E. Tatum
- Registered owner
- Michael Adrian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1987
- Departed
- 69R · Rocksprings, TX
- Destination
- SAT
- Airport
- SAT · San Antonio International, runway 12, 7,505 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 85 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 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.