# Incident 20000801027249I: Cessna 152, Clearwater, FL, August 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89708, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89708-2015-11-13) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 40 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000801027249I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20080130013719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080130013719I), Jan 30, 2008: Cessna 152 (N89708), Naples, FL, Minor damage. (-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…

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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