Cessna 152 N68747

Summary

On 9 March 1987 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N68747 was involved in an accident near Coburg, Oregon, 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

9 March 1987 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Coburg, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N68747

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Auburn → Corvallis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA87LA063

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 IN THE PROCESS OF FLYING HIS LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. PRIOR TO REACHING THE HOME AIRPORT, THE STUDENTS INSTRUCTOR TALKED TO HIM FROM THE GROUND AND ADVISED THE STUDENT NOT TO LAND, BUT RATHER CONTINUE ON TO ANOTHER AIRPORT AND THEN TO RETURN AS THE STUDENT NEEDED A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THE AIR. SMALL RAIN SHOWERS WERE PRESENT AND THE STUDENT PILOT MADE SOME COURSE DEVIATIONS. THE PILOT WAS SOUTH OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. DURING FORCED LANDING ONTO WET GRASS THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.