# Accident 20040926034549A: Cessna 152, Springboro, OH, September 26, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2004, 18:25 local time
- Place: Springboro, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5839° N, 84.2172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5839&lon=-84.2172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67520, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67520-2013-02-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040926034549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1825 LOCAL, A CESSNA 152, N67520 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT DAYTON WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPORT (MYG) DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD 1/2 MILE WEST OF THE AIRPORT AND CAME TO REST INVERTED, WRINKLING BOTH WINGS, VERTICAL STABILIZER, FIREWALL AND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN BEING FILED. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, HE HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 4.2 HRS IN THE VICINITY OF MWO AND MGY, PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND AIR WORK AND WAS ENROUTE BACK TO HIS HOME BASE (I73) WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT RUNNING. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FAA, HE STATED THAT HE SUSPECTED FUEL STARVATION. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA SAFETY INSPECTOR AT THE CRASH SITE REVEALED NO FUEL WAS PRESENT.

## 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 NYC04LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA218), Sep 26, 2004: Cessna 152 (N67520), Dayton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during cruise flight, due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N67520 (2)

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

- [Incident 19860924069069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860924069069I), Sep 24, 1986: Cessna 152 (N67520), Terre Haute, IN. Safely landed aircraft after power loss on downwind. Engine was run up. Started takeoff roll, engine quit. No fuel.
- [Accident 19851026054002A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851026054002A), Oct 26, 1985: Cessna 152 (N67520), Clinton, IN, Substantial damage. Struck from above and behind by 10769. Touchdown was completed when metal sounds were heard. Lost control.

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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