# Accident 19990809011229A: Cessna 152, Evansville, IN, August 9, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1999, 18:37 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9694° N, 87.5692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9694&lon=-87.5692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4611P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4611P-2001-07-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 654 total, 134 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990809011229A

## Narrative

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

SIGHTSEEING, PILOT ADVISED OUT OF FUEL AND GOING DOWN, 2 MINOR INJURIES. (.4)THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT AFTER 0.8 HOURS OF PRACTICING FLIGHT MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA, THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO EVANSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AND DID FOUR TOUCH AND GOES.  THE FLIGHT THEN DEPARTED TO DO A FLY OVER OF THE STUDENT PILOT'S HOUSE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT AT 10 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE AIRPLANE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING ROLL WHEN IT WENT THROUGH A DITCH AND CROSSED A ROAD.                                                          (-23)THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED EVANSVILLE, IN (EVV)ON A TRAINGING FLIGHT WITH THE FUEL TANK 1/2 FILLED AS STATED BY THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT.THE AIRCRAFT FIRST DEPARTED IN THE EVV AIRPORT TO THE NORTHWEST FOR TRAINING MANEUVERS.  THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT THEY SENT .8 OF AN HOUR PRACTICING MANEUVERS AND THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. AFTER A SERIES OF TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS THEY DEPARTED THE AIRPORT AREA AGAIN TO FLY OVER THE STUDENTS HOME.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT T  HE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED TO EVANSVILLE ATCT THAT THEY WERE OUT OF FUEL AND WERE GOING DOWN.  DURING THE FORCED LANDING ATTMEPT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI99LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA286), Aug 9, 1999: Cessna 152 (N4611P), Evansville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion due to the flight instructor's improper in-flight decision. A factor was the ditch.

## Other reports on N4611P (1)

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

- [Accident 19810408014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810408014939A), Apr 8, 1981: Cessna 152 (N4611P), Yuba City, CA, Substantial damage. Landed on a soft sod strip. Airplane nosed 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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