# Incident 20000417018019I: Cessna 152, Leesburg, FL, April 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2000, 17:50 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8108° N, 81.8779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8108&lon=-81.8779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24363, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24363) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 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/20000417018019I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MONDAY, 17 APRIL 2000, AT 1756 EST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,HOLDER OF STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, WAS CONDUCTING HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED MASSEY RANCH (X50) AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 ENROUTE TO LEESBURG (LEE), OCALA (OCF), WILLISTON (X60), CROSS FIT (CTY), DUNNELLON (X35), GAINESVILLE (GNV), KEYSTONE (42J), PALATKA (28J), FLAGER (X47), DELAND (DED), NEW SMYRNA BEACH (EVB), FLORIDA AND BACK TO MASSEY RANCH.  ON THE SECOND LEG OG YHR FLIGHT ON WILLISTON, FLORIDA, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SMOKE FROM LOCAL FOREST FIRE THAT LIMITED HIS VISIBILITY.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ATTEPMTED TO FLY THROUGH THE SMOKE AT 1500 FEET, BECAME DISORIENTED.  DURING THIS TIME HE OBSERVED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES READING ALMOST EMPTY.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DECIDED HE WAS FUEL CRITICAL AND EXCUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN PEN FIELD NORTH OF LESSBURGM FLORIDA.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE IN THE LANDING WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  THE CFI WILL BE REEXAMINED UNDER TITLE 49 US CODE, SUBTITLE VII, SUBSEC. 44709.

## Other reports on N24363 (2)

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

- [Incident 20250424005339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250424005339I), Apr 24, 2025: Cessna 152 (N24363), Fernandina Beac, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot was repositioning the aircraft from a parking spot to the front of the hangar when the right-wing tip struck the hangar door. There was no intent for…
- [Incident 19920312008059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920312008059I), Mar 12, 1992: Cessna 152 (N24363), Mounds, OK, Minor damage. Smoke and fire under instrument panel on departure. Returned. Landed safely. Landing light switch failed.

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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