- Date
- August 20, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ada, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N89271Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880820034589A
- Case key
- 22673
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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 a loss of engine power, the airplane landed in a soft, plowed field, 50 feet short of a runway at the destination airport. After touchdown, it nosed over to the inverted position. According to the operator, the pilot said he might have run out of fuel. The pilot told the ASI there was still fuel being indicated in the system after the power loss and said there was fuel coming out of the fuel cap after the accident. When the airplane was salvaged, the tanks were empty and no problems could be found with the engine or fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89271
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282695
- Airframe hours
- 3,188
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jet Center Tulsa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1988 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ADH · Ada Municipal, runway 17, 5,000 × 100 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 51 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.