- Date
- June 16, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cascade Locks, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757WTCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616025759A
- Case key
- 39714
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Analysis
The acft collided with a guard rail after making a forced landing on a highway during a student solo cross-country flight. The flight had originated at vancouver WA, and the student pilot had been instructed to refuel at pendleton, OR.a landing was made at pendleton, but since the student could not contact anyone on the radio tower frequency, he assumed no fuel was available and took off again without refueling. The airport directory stated that the airport was attended continuously. The tower had been shut down after the controllers strike. But its closing had no effect on FBO services.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757WT
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280068
- Airframe hours
- 1,369
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank O. Brickey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 8, 1982 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- Pendleton, OR
- Destination
- 60S · Vancouver, WA
- 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 14 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N757WT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.