19951021038859I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Salt Lake City, UT · October 21, 1995

Date: October 21, 1995 · 18:00 local
Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N67892
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total14 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N67892Registration cancelled Jan 11, 2008 · Cessna 152S/N 15282079 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

Narrative: while enroute to slc airport, pilot reported engine trouble. The engine quit, resulting in the pilot landing aircraft on interstate 80, eastbound lane. During post flight inspection of aircraft, both left and right fuel gauges read empty. The left fuel tank was dipped with no evidence of fuel found. The right fuel tank was dipped, indicating less than one inch of unusable fuel. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ENROUTE TO SLC AIRPORT, PILOT REPORTED ENGINE TROUBLE. THE ENGINE QUIT, RESULTING IN THE PILOT LANDING AIRCRAFT ON INTERSTATE 80, EASTBOUND LANE. DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL GAUGES READ EMPTY. THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS DIPPED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL FOUND. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS DIPPED, INDICATING LESS THAN ONE INCH OF UNUSABLE FUEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^