Cessna 152U N68129

Summary

On 10 March 1996 at about 18:50 local time, a Cessna 152U registered N68129, operated by Mike Ulmer, was involved in an accident near Rincon, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 March 1996 at 18:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Rincon, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Savannah International (SAV)

Coordinates

32.2905, -81.2293

Aircraft

Cessna 152U

Registration

N68129

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mike Ulmer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tullahoma → Savannah

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL96LA062

Nobody was injured.

Inaccurate fuel consumption calculations by the pilot, and an inadequate supply of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent nose over of the airplane, during a forced landing on uneven terrain with high vegetation (small trees).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

At about the time the flight was cleared to land at the destination airport, the engine began to run roughly. The pilot selected a forced landing site. He said that the mixture was at full rich and carburetor heat had been applied, when the loss of engine power occurred. During the landing, the airplane collided with trees of small diameter. As the airplane rolled out, the nose wheel hit a mound of dirt, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot and passenger exited the airplane without injury. A postaccident investigation revealed that there was no fuel in the airplane fuel tanks and no fuel or fuel residue on the ground at the accident site. During a postaccident engine run, the engine was fully operational. The pilot reported his planned flight time en route to his destination to be three hours and seventeen minutes at 75% power setting. According to the Cessna 152 flight manual, the maximum endurance at 75% power (allowing for unusable fuel) was three hours and five minutes.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.