- Date
- August 16, 1987, 12:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place
- Madera, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65451Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25663
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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 the aircraft was flown for 3 hours and 30 minutes the engine failed. The aircraft entered a forced landing approach to an open field. The aircraft landed hard and nosed over onto its back. Ground witnesses who were on scene shortly after the accident stated that there was no evidence of a fuel spill nor did they detect an odor of fuel in the vicinity of the aircraft. The operator reported that he obtained only 3 quarts of fuel from the aircraft's fuel system after the accident. He stated that after replacing the propeller and adding fuel to the tanks the engine started and ran.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65451
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281559
- Airframe hours
- 3,913
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ralph Swerdlow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1987 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- FAT · Fresno, CA
- Destination
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- Pvt Strip
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, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,076 total · 137 in this make and model · 1,982 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MER, 18 nm away