# Accident 19960616015929A: Cessna 152, Hobart, OK, June 16, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Hobart, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DF2S
- Location: 35.0209° N, 99.0890° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0209&lon=-99.0890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93139, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93139-1997-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960616015929A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. STUDENT UNABLE TO NAVIGATE. WANDERED AROUND. FUEL EXHAUSTED. IMPACTED. (-23) THE CESSNA 152, N93139, REGISTERED TO NEC RESIDENT SCHOOLS, DBA SPARTAN SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS, AND OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON A CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR SECTION 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR HOBART, OKLAHOMA. THE STUDENT PILOT OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT FOR 4 HOURS AND 24 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE GASOLATOR OR CARBURETOR WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 FTW96LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA255), Jun 16, 1996: Cessna 152 (N93139), Hobart, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot became lost/disoriented, and failed to properly use information that was provided by ATC, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and an encounter with soft terrain during an emergency landing. A…

## Other reports on N93139 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880123011329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880123011329I), Jan 23, 1988: Cessna 152 (N93139), Childress, TX. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in a field one mile short of runway. Higher than forecasted winds.

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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