- Date
- October 15, 1982, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Topeka, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757JTCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821015053069A
- Case key
- 72845
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Analysis
On a flight from poplar bluff, MO to Topeka, KS, the pilot encountered headwinds. About 4 to 5 miles from his destination airport, the engine lost power. The aircraft was damaged during a forced landing in a plowed field between 2 north-south power lines. Only about 1 pint of fuel was found in the fuel tanks, there was no evidence of fuel leaks. Before takeoff, the pilot insured that the fuel tanks were full (24.5 usable gallons). According to the aircraft's information manual, the plane would have used 22.37 gallons of fuel during a flight at 3000 ft MSL using 75% power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757JT
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279783
- Airframe hours
- 1,193
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Denzell B. Ekey
- Registered owner
- Denzell B. Ekey
- Departed
- POF · Poplar Bluff, MO
- Destination
- 17S · Newberg, OR
- Airport
- TOP · Philip Billard Muni
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 344 total · 110 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOP, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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