ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355760
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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1997 |
| Time: | 16:26 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6182U |
| MSN: | 15284734 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3800 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bridgeport, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Tyler, TX (KTYR) |
| (1F9) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot contacted the Fort Worth Flight Service Station (FSS) while en route from Tyler to Bridgeport and reported 'that he was lost.' The pilot's last radio contact with the FSS was 4 hours and 1 minute after his departure from Tyler. Bridgeport was his planned refueling stop. The 40-hour student pilot reported that the engine lost power, and he attempted to land in an open pasture. The student pilot further stated that the nose wheel impacted a rock during the landing roll and the airplane nosed over coming to rest in the inverted position. No evidence of rotational scoring was noted on either propeller blade. During examination of the two wing tanks, approximately 2 gallons of fuel were drained from the fuel cells. According to the pilot's operating handbook, the unusable fuel for the 1981 model Cessna 152 is 1.5 gallons.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the pilot's failure to refuel. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA218
History of this aircraft
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| 28 June 2003 | N6182U | Karen L Cullinane | 0 | Mt. Charleston, Nevada | |
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| 12-Mar-2024 15:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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