ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366572
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| Date: | Sunday 15 July 1990 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Colorado Aviation,inc |
| Registration: | N68422 |
| MSN: | 15282291 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wall, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Greeley, CO (KGXY) |
| Rapid City, SD (KRAP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE FLYING A VFR CROSS COUNTRY TRIP, THE PLT SAID THAT SHE ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORMS EN ROUTE AND DEVIATED FROM HER PLANNED COURSE. THE ENGINE FAILED AND AN EMERGENCY, NO FLAP, LDG WAS ATTEMPTED ON A FARM FIELD WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE OVER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL TANKS TO BE EMPTY OF USABLE FUEL.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI90LA177
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 February 1985 | N68422 | Tarrant Aero Assoc. | 0 | Corsicana, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 09:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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