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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Pahokee, FL · April 19, 1998

Date: April 19, 1998 · 15:30 local
Place: Pahokee, FL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5093M
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total150 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N5093MRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Cessna 152S/N 15284498 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

Narrative: pilot departed from lantana airport in Florida enroute to lakeland. Departed lakeland without refueling or having the required fuel load to reach Pahokee. While attempting to reach Pahokee the engine quit pilot states that the fuel gauges read aero and ditched into lake okeechobee. Investigations revealed that after the aircraft was retrieved from the water the fuel tanks only contained approximately 2 gallons of fuel.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED FROM LANTANA AIRPORT IN FLORIDA ENROUTE TO LAKELAND. DEPARTED LAKELAND WITHOUT REFUELING OR HAVING THE REQUIRED FUEL LOAD TO REACH PAHOKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REACH PAHOKEE THE ENGINE QUIT PILOT STATES THAT THE FUEL GAUGES READ AERO AND DITCHED INTO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE WATER THE FUEL TANKS ONLY CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 2 GALLONS OF FUEL.

Other reports on N5093M · 2

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

Incident 19960914033719IPractice Training Manuevers · West Palm Beach, FLNarrative: aircraft departed lna with student and designated examiner who was conducting a private pilot check ride. Before departure, the student visually checked the fuel level which he determined to be at finger-tip depth. The d/e felt that from past…Sep 14, 1996 · Minor damage Incident 19840121009689IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · East Hartford, CTLost engine power. Landed on an airport. No engine cold weather kit installed. Winterization precautions discussed.Jan 21, 1984