ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356027
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1997 |
| Time: | 14:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Marathon Flight School |
| Registration: | N5442B |
| MSN: | 15283870 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8999 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-LZC(M) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Crosse, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Perry, FL (40J) |
| Gainesville, FL (KGNV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot experienced a total loss of engine power in cruise flight. The pilot made a forced landing to an open field and collided with berm/furrow on landing rollout and nosed over inverted. Examination of the fuel system revealed to visible sign of odor of fuel.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain a visual look out on landing rollout resulting in an on-ground collision with a berm/furrow, and subsequent nose over. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's improper fuel management resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA97LA133
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 February 2023 | N5442B | US Aviation Group LLC | 0 | Denton Enterprise Airport, TX (DTO/KDTO) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 18:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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