# Incident 20011105036099I: Cessna 152, Gilabend, AZ, November 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2001, 03:35 local time
- Place: Gilabend, AZ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9478° N, 112.7168° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gila Bend, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9478&lon=-112.7168&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68342, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68342) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011105036099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM HRR TO ELP WITH A PLANNED REFUELING STOP AT BXK. PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS FOR BUILDING CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TIME. WHEN ARRIVING IN THE BXK AREA THE PILOT REMEMBERED NOTAM RESTRICTION ON FLIGHT IN VICINITY OF PALO VERDE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT FROM BXK TO GBN VIA V94 FOR FUEL. PILOT THEN ELECTED TO DIVERT TO GILA BEND, AZ FOR FUEL STOP. AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND PILOT EXECUTED FORCED LANDING IN UNINHABITED AREA 14 MILES NW OR GBN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N68342 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920601017379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920601017379A), Jun 1, 1992: Cessna 152 (N68342), Delano, CA, Substantial damage. Student reported a dust devil hit aircraft on landing roll. Forced it off runway. Nosed over in soft ground.
- [Accident 19880725027919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880725027919A), Jul 25, 1988: Cessna 152 (N68342), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Student bounced and porpoised on landing until the nose gear collapsed. Lacked proper training and supervision.

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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