- Date
- August 2, 1991, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- W. Yellowstone, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757PRCessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910802031449A
- Case key
- 41505
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Probable cause
The failure by the pilot to calculate aircraft fuel comsumption and the pilot's poor inflight planning. Factors relating to the accident were the inadequate preflight planning by the pilot, his lack of qualification and experience, and his disorientation during the flight.
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 pilot became lost/disoriented on a x-country flt when he flew off his available maps. He did not calculate fuel consumption, believed he was low on fuel and elected to make a precautionary landing on a public road. The acft struck a sign on landing roll, swerved right and impacted a guard rail. About 9 gals of fuel was drained from the 26 gals capacity fuel tanks after the accident. The stu pilot did not have a required instr endorsement for the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757PR
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy R. Olson
- Registered owner
- Roy R. Olson
- Departed
- SMN · Salmon, ID
- Destination
- LVM · Livingston, MT
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 345 total · 15 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WEY, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.