Cessna 152 N46733

Summary

On 7 February 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N46733, operated by Neil R. Bair, was involved in an accident near Canton, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 February 1982 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Canton, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.3706, -83.4596

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N46733

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Neil R. Bair

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Wayne → Ann Arbor

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82DA040

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE SECOND LEG OF HIS CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE LANDED IN A SNOW COVERED, PLOWED FIELD. AFTER ABOUT 60 FEET OF GROUND ROLL, THE PLANE NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH UNTIL HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, AND THEN IT SMOOTHED OUT. HE STATED THAT HE CUT-OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT, AND THEN ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER, THE ENGINE QUIT. HOWEVER, ANOTHER PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD THE STUDENT TRANSMIT THAT HE WAS GOING DOWN AND THAT HE WAS OUT OF FUEL OR EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION. ALSO, WHEN THE PLANE WAS EXAMINED BY TWO OTHER PERSONS, THEY FOUND NO FUEL IN THE PLANE AND NO EVIDENCE THAT FUEL HAD LEAKED ON THE SNOW COVERED TERRAIN. ADDITIONALLY, THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN REFUELED DURING THE FIRST STOP OF THE CROSS-COUNTRY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.