# Accident 20020905024879A: Cessna 152, Minneapolis, MN, September 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2002, 22:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0617° N, 93.3533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0617&lon=-93.3533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48969, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48969-2017-02-17) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020905024879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING OT CRYSTAL, MN AFTER A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. CRYSTAL (MIC) TO CLOQUET (COQ) TO RUSH CITY (ROS). PILOT DID STOP AT RUSH CITY TO DETERMINE FUEL ON BOARD. AFTER CALLING THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH FUEL ONBOARD FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT TO MIC. AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM MIC, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES FROM MIC. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO DAMAGE TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI02LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA271), Sep 5, 2002: Cessna 152 (N48969), Brooklyn Park, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation/planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power. A factor to the accident was the power transmission line and the trees.

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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