# NTSB MKC82DA104: Cessna 152, N49974, 10 Sw Falls Cit, NE, June 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1982, 13:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place: 10 Sw Falls Cit, NE
- Coordinates: 40.060436, -95.590141 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0604&lon=-95.5901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69611/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA104

## 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
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS IN NEMAHA COUNTY, KS. WHILE ENROUTE, HE SHOT 6 ROLLS OF FILM AND THEN CONTINUED TOWARD FALLS CITY, NE. HE REPORTED THAT ABOUT 7 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED IN A WHEAT FIELD. AFTER A GROUND ROLL OF ABOUT 75 FT, THE NOSEWHEEL DROPPED OFF OF A TERRACE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN A CESSNA 152 SINCE 8/8/81, AND HE WAS NOT AS CURRENT AS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN REGARDING THE FUEL CAPACITY AND RANGE OF THIS AIRCRAFT. HE REPORTED THAT THE LAST 245 HRS OF FLIGHT TIME HAD BEEN IN A CESSNA 172.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49974](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49974-1993-02-24), registration cancelled 1993-02-24, S/N 15281422 (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: 15281422
- Airframe hours: 739
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Johnson County Executive Av
- Registered owner: Christopher J Clark
- Departed: OLATHE, KS
- Destination: FNB, FALLS CITY, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,318 total, 434 in this make and model, 1,182 as pilot in command, 93 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 163 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FNB, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820616022479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820616022479A), Jun 16, 1982: Cessna 152, Falls City, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft flipped inverted during emergency landing after engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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