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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Clearwater, FL · August 1, 2000

Date: August 1, 2000 · 14:00 local
Place: Clearwater, FL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N89708
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 45 total40 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N89708Registration cancelled Nov 13, 2015 · Cessna 152S/N 15282834 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23)The student pilot was on his long distance cross country flight as required for obtaining a private pilot certificate. He failed to check his fuel at each stop and on the last leg of his flight the engine stopped due to fuel exhaustion and he made an off airport landing on a road with minimum damage to the left wing. The pilot and the instructor were counseled by the FAA via the safety program manager of the tampa FSDO.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS LONG DISTANCE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AS REQUIRED FOR OBTAINING A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. HE FAILED TO CHECK HIS FUEL AT EACH STOP AND ON THE LAST LEG OF HIS FLIGHT THE ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND HE MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A ROAD WITH MINIMUM DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT AND THE INSTRUCTOR WERE COUNSELED BY THE FAA VIA THE SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE TAMPA FSDO.

Other reports on N89708 · 1

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

Incident 20080130013719IForced Landing · Naples, FL(-23) Shortly before starting his approach, during a flight from st. petersburg, FL (pie) to Naples, FL (apf) the pilot advised the apf tower controller that he was losing engine power and was descending rapidly. In order to avoid hitting persons on the…Jan 30, 2008 · Minor damage