# NTSB SEA83LA128: Cessna 152, N757WT, Cascade Locks, OR, June 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Cascade Locks, OR
- Coordinates: 45.580402, -122.020851 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5804&lon=-122.0209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39714
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39714/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA128

## 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 (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757WT-1995-06-08), registration cancelled 1995-06-08, S/N 15280068 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280068
- Airframe hours: 1369
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830616025759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830616025759A), Jun 16, 1983: Cessna 152, Cascade Locks, OR, Substantial damage. Student pilot failed to refuel at planned fuel stop. Ran out of fuel en route. Hit a guard rail landing on a road.

## Other investigations on N757WT (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA93LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA199), Sep 13, 1993: Cessna 152 (N757WT), Yamhill, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDEPATH, IMPROPER FLARE, AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A FORCED LANDING.

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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