# NTSB NYC89LA051: Cessna 152, N6558P, Stacyville, ME, December 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1988, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Stacyville, ME
- Location: 45.8637° N, 68.5053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stacyville, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8637&lon=-68.5053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36353
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36353/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLT. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED UNTIL THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND NOSED OVER. THE PLT TOLD THE STATE POLICE AT THE ACC SITE THAT THE ACFT HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6558P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6558P-1992-04-06), registration cancelled 1992-04-06, S/N 15285032 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Linda G. Davis
- Registered owner: Valley Airlines/Roland Martin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: BGR, BANGOR, ME
- Destination: WVL, WATERVILLE, ME
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 56 total, 49 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19881217054649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881217054649A), Dec 17, 1988: Cessna 152, Staceyville, ME, Substantial damage. Became lost on solo crosscountry. Ran out of fuel, struck trees and crashed inverted.

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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