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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Titusville, FL · July 31, 2000

Date
July 31, 2000 · 12:15 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Space Center Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N757EA
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
88 total8 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Aircraft lost power due to fuel depletion and landed on state highway 50. No damage to property or aircraft. Pilot stated that he dipped the fuel tanks before flight and both tanks indicated between three quarters, and full. A dipstick was aboard the aircraft, marked in one quarter increments. Aircraft flew from Titusville (tix) to st. augustine (sgj), where two touch and go landings were performed. The aircraft continued on to perry (40J) and then returned to Titusville (tix). Aircraft ran out of fuel four miles west to Titusville while on approach to landing. Total flight time as indicated on hour meter 4.9 hours, each time 4.5 hours. Aircraft fuel capacity 40 gallons.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION AND LANDED ON STATE HIGHWAY 50. NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE DIPPED THE FUEL TANKS BEFORE FLIGHT AND BOTH TANKS INDICATED BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS, AND FULL. A DIPSTICK WAS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT, MARKED IN ONE QUARTER INCREMENTS. AIRCRAFT FLEW FROM TITUSVILLE (TIX) TO ST. AUGUSTINE (SGJ), WHERE TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WERE PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO PERRY (40J) AND THEN RETURNED TO TITUSVILLE (TIX). AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL FOUR MILES WEST TO TITUSVILLE WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING. TOTAL FLIGHT TIME AS INDICATED ON HOUR METER 4.9 HOURS, EACH TIME 4.5 HOURS. AIRCRAFT FUEL CAPACITY 40 GALLONS.

Other reports on N757EA · 2

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