- Date
- March 29, 1984, 11:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Escalon, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757RUCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24217
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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 acft was damaged during a forced landing. The acft collided with trees and nosed down. Post accident examination of the acft showed 1 gallon of fuel on board the acft. The flt had lasted 3 and 1/3 hours. The endurance of a Cessna 152 under the stated conditions is just under 3 and 1/2 hours with a 45 min reserve. The plt stated that the fuel quantity gages indicated 1/8 full when the eng lost power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757RU
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279951
- Airframe hours
- 2,405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- San Val Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ned M. Skaff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 17, 1984
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 62 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 25 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 8 nm away