- Date
- January 24, 1987, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boyertown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10VFCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870124000979A
- Case key
- 30586
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - rising
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Analysis
Student pilot on a solo cross-country flight experienced fuel exhaustion, landed in a field and collided with a stonewall. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10VF
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282873
- Airframe hours
- 2,984
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Valley Forge Military Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 12, 1986 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Destination
- Perkiomen, PA
- 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 73 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 16 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.