- Date
- July 26, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holton, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N89876Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33449
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he looked in the fuel tanks prior to takeoff and they appeared to be about half full and he thought this was about three hours fuel. About one hour after takeoff the engine quit and a forced landing was attempted in a pasture. The pilot said he landed long and rolled into a milo field. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89876
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282899
- Airframe hours
- 1,248
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mid-America Aviation
- Registered owner
- Four M. Development Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 19, 1983 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- FOE · Topeka, KS
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N89876 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.