- Date
- July 24, 1982, 17:37 local (22:37 UTC)
- Place
- Near Wright Cit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49789Cessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724031799A
- Case key
- 71952
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a solo cross country and landed at an intermediate stop and refueled with 6 gallons of fuel. During the return flight the aircraft's engine quit. During the forced landing the aircraft collided with trees. Post accident examination of the aircraft revealed that the usuable fuel was exhausted. There was no evidence of a preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49789
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281318
- Airframe hours
- 2,103
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arron Lee Silverman
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Aviation
- Departed
- TRX · Trenton, MO
- Destination
- SUS · Spirit Of St. L, MO
- 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 45 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 17 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.