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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Madison, WI · April 14, 2001

Date
April 14, 2001 · 16:14 local
Place
Madison, WI
Airport
Dane Co Regional-Truax Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N89647
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
705 total250 in this make and model70 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)On 14 April 2001 at Dane county regional airport, Madison, WI, a Cessna 152 flown by privacy data omitted made a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was 8 miles north east of the airport when the pilot reported a rough running engine. The approach controller instruced the pilot to fly heading 210 and once on the heading the pilot saw the airport, commenced the approach and received clearence to land. On about a two mile final the engine and propeller stopped completely, the aircraft landed normally without incident. The aircraft was towed to the ramp. When the aircraft was fueled it took 26 gallons to top it off. The flight manual say that this model aircraft holds 26 gallons of fuel total, of which 24.5 are usable.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON 14 APRIL 2001 AT DANE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, MADISON, WI, A CESSNA 152 FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ MADE A FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS 8 MILES NORTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE APPROACH CONTROLLER INSTRUCED THE PILOT TO FLY HEADING 210 AND ONCE ON THE HEADING THE PILOT SAW THE AIRPORT, COMMENCED THE APPROACH AND RECEIVED CLEARENCE TO LAND. ON ABOUT A TWO MILE FINAL THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER STOPPED COMPLETELY, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED IT TOOK 26 GALLONS TO TOP IT OFF. THE FLIGHT MANUAL SAY THAT THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT HOLDS 26 GALLONS OF FUEL TOTAL, OF WHICH 24.5 ARE USABLE.