# Accident 19930515013899A: Cessna 152, Norfolk, VA, May 15, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1993, 17:05 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IVIV
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68910, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68910-2009-04-29) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930515013899A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL 15 MILES SHORT OF DESTINATION. FUNDS FOR 5 GALLONS FUEL AT FUEL POINT. MADE UNSCHEDULED STOPS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA087), May 15, 1993: Cessna 152 (N68910), Norfolk, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N68910 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000701012739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701012739A), Jul 1, 2000: Cessna 152 (N68910), West Point, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot was attempting his second solo landing on rwy 27 at middle peninsula regional airport (W97) West Point, VA. After touch down the a/c…

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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