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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · El Paso, TX · December 4, 1990

Date
December 4, 1990 · 12:17 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N25598
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total23 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot on crosscountry became disoriented. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Forced landing on dirt road.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON CROSSCOUNTRY BECAME DISORIENTED. ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LANDING ON DIRT ROAD.

Other reports on N25598 · 1

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