- Date
- August 19, 1988, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coatesville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49142Cessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880819034329A
- Case key
- 36216
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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.
Analysis
The student plt was returning to the airport following a 1 hr local flight. He stated that the engine sputtered and lost power. The plt selected a field for a forced landing and approached it from west to east. The plane struck a road short of the field and the nose gear was sheared off. The aircraft skidded into a corn field and came to rest, nose down, facing west. A post accident inspection by an FAA inspector revealed that the left fuel tank was empty, and the right tank had 3/4 of a gallon in it. A fuel sample showed no contamination. The pilot said he estimated that both tanks were half full when he took off. In his report, the pilot reported 3 gallons on board at takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49142
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281161
- Airframe hours
- 3,687
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chester Co. Aviation
- Registered owner
- Chester County Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 21, 1988 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- 40N · Chester, PA
- Destination
- 40N
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
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.