ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371699
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| Date: | Sunday 27 December 1987 |
| Time: | 23:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N89126 |
| MSN: | 15282640 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5200 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tallahassee, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St Augustine, FL (KSGJ) |
| Tallahassee, FL (KTLH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
EN ROUTE TO THE DESTINATION DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLT, THE ACFT WAS DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE ARPT DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS BELOW MINIMUMS. UNABLE TO LAND AT THE ALTERNATE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE DESTINATION ARPT & ADVISED THE CONTROLLER THAT THE ACFT WAS LOW ON FUEL. THREE ASR APCHS WERE ATTEMPTED EACH RESULTING IN A MISSED APCH BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO GROUND FOG. THE FLT WAS THEN VECTORED TO ANOTHER ARPT DUE TO A REPORT OF BETTER WEATHER. UNABLE TO LAND BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO GROUND FOG THE FLT WAS ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE DESTINATION ARPT WHEN THE ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. A FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED DURING WHICH, THE RT WING COLLIDED WITH A POLE. THE ACFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN ON A ROAD, LEFT IT, TRAVELLED INTO A DITCH, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE, THEN CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA88LA077
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 February 1987 | N89126 | Ace Flying School | 0 | Tallahassee, FL | |
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| 26-Mar-2024 09:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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