# Incident 19990116010529I: Cessna 152, West Palm Beach, FL, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 16:05 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6348B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6348B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116010529I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT ON RETURN FROM CROSS COUNTRY, REPORTED TO APPROACH CONTROL AT 20 MILES WEST AND WAS CLEARED INTO PBI AIRSPACE. AT 5 MILE FROM PBI, PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT PBI WAS IFR.  PILOT WAS VECTORED WEST FOR 7 MILES, SOUTH, THEN EAST.  PILOT WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT FSS.  PILOT STATED ATTEMPT TO GET TO ALTERNATE AIRPORT OF BOCA RATON OR NORTH COUNTY.  FSS COULD NOT ADVISE PILOT OF WEATHER AT EITHER DUE TO NO WEATHER REPORT CAPABILITY AT EITHER STATION.  PILOT ADVISED APPROACH THAT HE WOULD RETURN TO PAHOKEE.  AIRCRAFT FUEL DEPLETION AT 20 MILES WEST OF PBI, PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT POWER TO FRESHLY CUT SUGAR CANE FIELD.  NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  INSPECTION OF FUEL TANKS:  LEFT TANK-EMPTY  RIGHT TANK-LESS THAN USABLE.  QUALITY OF FUEL, GOOD.

## Other reports on N6348B (2)

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

- [Incident 19910223016919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910223016919I), Feb 23, 1991: Cessna 152 (N6348B), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway and struck runway lights.
- [Accident 19821124060119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821124060119A), Nov 24, 1982: Cessna 152 (N6348B), Rockford, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on third takeoff. Crash landed on airport. Engine ran normal after accident.

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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