# Incident 19990214015669I: Cessna 152, Harrisburg, IL, February 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1999, 12:30 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 37.7377° N, 88.5458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisburg, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7377&lon=-88.5458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5096L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5096L) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 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/19990214015669I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON FEBRUARY 14, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CST, N5096L, A CESSNA 152 OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS COMPLETING THE THIRD LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. AFTER FLYING FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.7 HOURS AND NOT HAVING REFUELED AT ANY PREVIOUS STOP, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO APPARANT FUEL EXHAUSTION AND LANDED OFF-FIELD NEAR HARRISBURG, IL. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE DURING THIS EVENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N5096L (1)

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

- [Accident 20190623007899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190623007899A), Jun 23, 2019: Cessna 152 (N5096L), Clewiston, FL, Substantial damage. While on departure roll at the 2IS airport, the airman spotted a bird flying from right to left and reacted by running off the runway and into the grass,…

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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