# Accident 19990421003809A: Cessna 152, Monmouth County, NJ, April 21, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1999, 14:29 local time
- Place: Monmouth County, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 40.1585° N, 74.1167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1585&lon=-74.1167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48005, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48005-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990421003809A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST POWER, AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, BUT THE ACFT STRUCK TREES JUST OFF OF EXIT 98 OF THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)A/C DEVELOPED ENGINE ROUGHNESS. PILOT DIVERTED TO HOME AIRPORT. ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. AIRPLANE LANDED IN TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. AIRPLANE DESTROYED. OCCUPANT, INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT ESCAPED UNHARMED. AIRPLANE HAD NOT BEENREFUELED PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC99LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA095), Apr 21, 1999: Cessna 152 (N48005), Wall, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot in command's improper preflight preparation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N48005 (3)

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

- [Accident 19850807037109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850807037109A), Aug 7, 1985: Cessna 152 (N48005), Lexington, NC, Substantial damage. Over rotation and poor directional control caused swerve off side of runway into a 10 foot dropoff.
- [Incident 19841122077069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841122077069I), Nov 22, 1984: Cessna 152 (N48005), Laurel, MD, Minor damage. As pilot started final approach, the engine quit. Had used carburetor heat intermittently. Landed in a field.
- [Accident 19810825051719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825051719A), Aug 25, 1981: Cessna 152 (N48005), Columbia, TN, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on length of grass strip. Attempted turn at end of runway collapsed nose gear. Flipped over.

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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