# NTSB LAX83LA317: Cessna 152, N6301M, Sunnyvale, CA, July 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1983, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Sunnyvale, CA
- Coordinates: 37.349449, -122.030242 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3494&lon=-122.0302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23774
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA317
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23774/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA317

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS CRUISING AT ABOUT 3000 FT WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON A FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. ONLY ABOUT 1 CUP OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL TANKS & NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL LINES. THE GASCOLATOR WAS BROKEN, BUT NO FUEL WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6301M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6301M-1989-08-28), registration cancelled 1989-08-28, S/N 15284662 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284662
- Airframe hours: 1248
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James Schoenborn
- Registered owner: David B. Pfost
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 26, 1983, 46 hours before
- Departed: SBA, SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Destination: POA, PALO ALTO, CA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MUQ

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830703028579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703028579A), Jul 3, 1983: Cessna 152, Sunnyvale, CA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power en route. Crash landed in a football field. No fuel in fuel tanks or fuel system.

## Other investigations on N6301M (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX89FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA181), May 6, 1989: Cessna 152 (N6301M), Port San Luis, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT FAILED TO EXECUTE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND INADVERTENTLY ENTERED INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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