- Date
- May 29, 1988, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67360Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880529016599A
- Case key
- 34576
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a cross country flight, an emergency landing was made within three miles of destination airport. The aircraft nosed over after landing attempt, and passenger and PIC were not injured. Post flight inspection revealed engine had failed due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67360
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281778
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barnes, Virgyl Lee
- Registered owner
- Barnes, Virgil Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Y25 · Anoka, MN
- Airport
- DSM · Des Moines, runway 23, 6,501 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 21 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 21 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 3 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.