ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369366
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Date: | Wednesday 28 December 1988 |
Time: | 19:05 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 II |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N46974 |
MSN: | 15283154 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2748 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gilcrest, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Longmont, CO (2V2) |
Destination airport: | Greeley, CO (KGXY) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT, WITH HIS WIFE AS A PAX, DEPARTED GREELEY, CO, ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLT TO CLAYTON, NM. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT HAD HIS AIRCRAFT REFUELED. IT TOOK 23.5 GALLONS OF FUEL TO FILL THE FUEL TANKS. THE PLT THEN TOOK OFF, FLEW 46 MILES SOUTHEAST, THEN TURNED AROUND FOR HIS RETURN FLT TO CO. HE ARRIVED IN THE DENVER AREA AND LANDED AT A SMALL AIRPORT EAST OF DENVER. HE THEN DEPARTED THE AIRPORT, WITHOUT REFUELING, AND FLEW TO ANOTHER AIRPORT NORTH OF DENVER. AGAIN, AFTER A SHORT TIME ON THE GROUND, HE DEPARTED WITHOUT REFUELING. ABOUT 7 MINUTES LATER, THE ENG QUIT AND THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A SNOW-COVERED FIELD DURING WHICH THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. WRECKAGE RECOVERY PERSONNEL REPORTED FINDING ONLY 1 QUART OF FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT TANKS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN89LA050 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN89LA050
History of this aircraft
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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