# Accident 19970910028969A: Cessna 152, Murrieta, CA, September 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1997, 08:20 local time
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Airport: Thompson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5649° N, 117.2399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Thompson Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5649&lon=-117.2399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65406, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65406-1998-10-22) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 354 total, 94 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970910028969A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. FORCE LANDED ON A ROAD

## 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 LAX97LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA321), Sep 10, 1997: Cessna 152 (N65406), Murrieta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the flight instructor (CFI) to ensure an adequate preflight of the airplane, and his failure to properly quantify or verify the fuel onboard before departing on a dual instruction flight,…

## Other reports on N65406 (2)

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

- [Incident 19800326032509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800326032509I), Mar 26, 1980: Cessna 152 (N65406), Cedar City, UT, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control during takeoff.
- [Incident 19790108001379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790108001379I), Jan 8, 1979: Cessna 152 (N65406), Cedar City, UT, Minor damage. Student pilot on first solo lost directional control on rollout. Patches of snow on the runway.

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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