ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380682
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| Date: | Sunday 9 October 1983 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Haps Air Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N69035 |
| MSN: | 15282451 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1389 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clear Lake, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Carroll, IA (KCIN) |
| Ames, IA (KAMW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A X-COUNTRY FLT THAT HAD ORIGINATED AT AMES, IA. WHILE ENROUTE, HE HAD LANDED AT CARROLL, IA, BUT DID NOT REFUEL. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ON A LONG, RIGHT BASE LEG TO LAND ON RWY 12 AT THE MASON CITY MUNI ARPT WHEN THE ENG BEGAN LOOSING POWER. AT THAT TIME, HE NOTED THAT THE LEFT FUEL GAGE INDICATED NEARLY EMPTY WHILE THE RIGHT GAGE INDICATED APRX 1/2 FULL. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENG. DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE ACFT, THERE WAS NO FUEL REMAINING IN THE ACFT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC84LA004
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 19:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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