ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367723
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| Date: | Friday 10 November 1989 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | State Aerial Farm Stats, Inc. |
| Registration: | N47446 |
| MSN: | 15283227 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cape Girardeau, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Evansville, IN (KEVV) |
| Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT SAID THAT THE ENGINE QUIT ABOUT 4 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH TREES, A FENCE, THEN A NOSE OVER. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE LOSS OF POWER WAS A RESULT OF FUEL EXHAUSTION.
Probable Cause: POOR PLANNING BY THE PILOT IN NOT REFUELING ENROUTE WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA029
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 18:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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