ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365694
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| Date: | Sunday 10 February 1991 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Wisconsin Avaition Activities |
| Registration: | N49288 |
| MSN: | 15281226 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Osseo, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Greenbay, WI (KGRB) |
| Lacrosse, WI (KLSE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT WHILE ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, HE BECAME LOST AND DISORIENTATED. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON A SNOW COVERED FARM FIELD, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH A FENCE, THEN A NOSE OVER. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY OF USABLE FUEL. AN ENGINE RUN-UP PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY.
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION WHICH OCCURRED WHEN THE PILOT BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE, THE TERRAIN CONDITION, AND A FENCE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA096
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 12:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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