- Date
- December 6, 1992, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alberta, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N58NDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921206049239A
- Case key
- 37275
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Probable cause
The pilot attempted to take off on rough uneven terrain and could not attain rotation speed, which resulted in the airplane striking a tree during the ground run. A factor in this accident was inadequate pre flight planning.
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
While on a cross-country flight, the pilot exhausted the fuel supply short of reaching the destination airport. The pilot made a successful forced landing in a pasture and then went and bought fuel at the airport. The pilot refueled the airplane with 10 gallons of 100 octane fuel. During the take off run the left wing struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58ND
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285975
- Airframe hours
- 5,597
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Venture Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero Venture Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 3, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- N87 · Robbinsville, NJ
- Destination
- LVL · Lawrenceville, VA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 283 total · 40 in this make and model · 169 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.
Other investigations on N58ND · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.