# Incident 19990815032789I: Cessna 152, Vernon, FL, August 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1999, 17:20 local time
- Place: Vernon, FL
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.6122° N, 85.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vernon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6122&lon=-85.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4882B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4882B-2007-11-05) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990815032789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED HE RAN OUT OT FUEL AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON PATE POND ROAD IN VERNON, FL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE ASKED GROUND PERSONNEL TO FUEL THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE TAKING HIS STUDENT FOR A LESSON, HE WAS TOLD THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED BUT ADMITTED NOT VERIFYING THE FUEL ON BOARD PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

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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