WEST BEND, WI, USA
N4799A
CESSNA A152
PLT DEPARTED FONDULAC, WI, WITH FULL FUEL (24.5 GALLONS USABLE) AND FLEW APRX 25 MILES SOUTH WHERE 2 1/2 HRS WERE SPENT TAKING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. FLT THEN PROCEEDED APRX 60 MILES TO MANITOWOC, WI WHERE A LANDING WAS MADE. DEPARTURE WAS THEN MADE WITH APRX 9 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD FOR WEST BEND, WI (APRX 48 MILES AWAYS). ON FINAL APCH ENGINE QUIT. FORCED LANDING MADE IN SOFT TERRAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ACFT NOSED OVER. APRX 1 QT FUEL DRAINED OUT OF ACFT WHEN TURNED OVER. ADDITIONAL 3 OZ WAS LATER DRAINED. FUEL WAS ADDED TO ACFT AND TEST RUN WAS PERFORMED. ENGINE OPERATED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.
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