Cessna 152 N89126

Summary

On 28 December 1987 at about 03:50 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89126, operated by Griffin, Michael J., was involved in an accident near Tallahassee, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 December 1987 at 03:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Coordinates

30.4507, -84.3494

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89126

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Griffin, Michael J.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St Augustine → Tallahassee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA88LA077

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

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.