ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365480
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Date: | Sunday 7 April 1991 |
Time: | 16:42 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | Fox Valley Aero Club Inc |
Registration: | N24399 |
MSN: | 15280252 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Oskosh, WI -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Green Bay, WI (KGRB) |
Destination airport: | Oshkosh, WI (KOSH) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT SAID THAT ABOUT 7 MILES FROM HER DESTINATION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED IN A FARM FIELD WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE OVER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BY THE FAA REVEALED THE ENGINE RUN UP TO BE SATISFACTORY, AND THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY OF USABLE FUEL.
Probable Cause: REFUELING NOT PERFORMED RESULTING IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE MISJUDGED FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS AND NON SUITABLE TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI91LA125 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA125
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