# NTSB MKC88LA099: Cessna 152, N67360, Des Moines, IA, May 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1988, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34576
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34576/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA099

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - in-flight planning/decision - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67360-2010-12-01), registration cancelled 2010-12-01, S/N 15281778 (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: 15281778
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880529016599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880529016599A), May 29, 1988: Cessna 152, Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route, nosed over the forced landing between railroad tracks when the nose wheel folded.

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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