# Accident 20080823855529A: Cessna 152, Ormond Beach, FL, August 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2008, 10:40 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3006° N, 81.1136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3006&lon=-81.1136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65436, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65436-2014-12-16) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,707 total, 70 in this make and model, 284 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080823855529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOUND WATER IN THE FUEL SAMPLES OF N65436.  STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR CLAIMED THAT THEY CONTINUED TO DRAIN FUEL FROM N65436 UNTIL NO WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SAMPLES OBTAINED FROM THE WING TANKS AND GASCOLATOR.  STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR DEPARTED ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN N65436, FLEW FOR ONE HOUR, AND RETURNED TO ORMOND BEACH WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER A SHORT BREAK, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR INITIATED ANOTHER FLIGHT IN N65436, INTENDING TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT "SUMP" THE FUEL SYSTEM OF N65436 PRIOR TO THEIR SECOND FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  ON CLIMB-OUT AFTER THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO IN THE PATTERN, THE ENGINE LOSST POWER AT ABOUT 300 FEET AGL.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON AN AJACENT GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE FAIRWAY, BUT STRUCK TREES AT THE END OF THE FAIRWAY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION BY FAA INSPECTORS REVEALED 6 OUNCES OF WATER AND 1.5 OUNCES OF AVGAS WITHIN THE GASCOLATOR OF N65436.

## 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 MIA08CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA171), Aug 23, 2008: Cessna 152 (N65436), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Both pilots' inadequate preflight inspection of the fuel.

## Other reports on N65436 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830709030039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830709030039A), Jul 9, 1983: Cessna 152 (N65436), Chattanooga, TN, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near airport. Overshot clearing chosen for forced landing and struck 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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