# Accident 19980621014499A: Cessna 152, Edgemere, MD, June 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1998, 18:00 local time
- Place: Edgemere, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3000° N, 76.4393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3000&lon=-76.4393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95415, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95415-1999-08-27) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 257 total, 40 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980621014499A

## Narrative

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

ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL MADE AN EMER LANDING AND FLIPPED OVER (-23) PILOT WAS FLYING RETURN LEG OF HIS FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY RENTAL IN THE EASTERN U.S. (ANNAPOLIS, MD - DOYLESTOWN, PA - ANNAPOLIS, PLUS SOME LOCAL FLYING AT DOYLESTOWN),M HAD REFUELED AT ANP, THEN FLEW 3.6 HOURS TO DRY TANKS. DID NOT REFUEL AT DYL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR ANP. ABOUT 10 NE OF BWI, PILOT WAS AT 2500 FEET UNSURE OF LOCATION OF DESTINATION AIRPORT. ENGINE LOSS POWER OVER MOUTH OF BALTIMORE HARBOR, ATC ATTEMPTED TO VECTOR PILOT TO ESSEX AIRPORT - PILOT UNABLE TO SEE ESSEX, SO EXECUTED POWER-OFF LANDING IN BEN FIELD ACROSS FURROWS - SLOW SPEED ROLLOVER. (.4) THE PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND FOUND THE FUEL GAUGES READ 1/2 AND 3/4 RESPECTIVELY.  HE ESTIMATED THAT HE WOULD ARRIVE AT HIS DESTINATION WITH 45 MINUTES OF FUEL RESERVE AND DECIDED NOT TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS FLYING, THE FUEL GAUGES READ EMPTY AND THE ENGINE QUIT.  HE DECIDED TO LAND IN A BEAN FIELD PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLOWED ROWS.  BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE EXAMINED AND FOUND EMPTY.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH) FOR THE AIRPLANE, THE ENDURANCE FOR THE                 AIRPLANE AT 3,000 FEET MSL, AND 65% POWER SETTING WITH FULL FUEL WAS 3.6 HOURS. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE HOBBS METER ON THE AIRPLANE INDICATED IT HAD FLOWN 3.6 HOURS SINCE IT HAD BEEN REFUELED.

## 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 IAD98LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA071), Jun 21, 1998: Cessna 152 (N95415), Edgemere, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which led to fuel exhaustion.

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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