# Incident 19830915065859I: Cessna 152, Olympia, WA, September 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1983, 19:00 local time
- Place: Olympia, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0406° N, 122.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olympia, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0406&lon=-122.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4590P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830915065859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT RAN LOW ON FUEL. LANDED AND CHECKED WITH CFI WHO ADVISED HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL. TOOK OFF AND RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## Other reports on N4590P (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900316004649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900316004649A), Mar 16, 1990: Cessna 152 (N4590P), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Landed in scrub brush and nosed over.
- [Accident 19880708026009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880708026009A), Jul 8, 1988: Cessna 152 (N4590P), Roche Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. Lost control landing downwind. Aircraft veered off the runway into a ditch and flipped inverted. No flap landing.
- [Incident 19840808053839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840808053839I), Aug 8, 1984: Cessna 152 (N4590P), Federal Way, WA. Out of fuel, landed in parking lot. Refueled and departed. Engine quit, causing another forced landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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