# Accident 20150905015799A: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, September 5, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2015, 14:35 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.6467° N, 80.5608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6467&lon=-80.5608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6141Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6141Q-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905015799A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES, 2.4 HOURS INTO FLIGHT, RAN OUT OF FUEL RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE AND FORCED LANDING IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.

IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO FUEL LEAKS OR ANY OTHER REASON FOR FUEL STARVATION.

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN FOR 2.4 HOURS ON LAST FLIGHT AND HAD NOT BEEN REFUELED PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT.

DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT BEYOND SUBSTANTIAL AND AIRCRAFT TOTALED PER INSURANCE ADJUSTOR.

## 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 ERA15LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA342), Sep 5, 2015: Cessna 152 (N6141Q), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N6141Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20130404004609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130404004609A), Apr 4, 2013: Cessna 152 (N6141Q), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. On April 4 2013, at 0840, N6141Q, a Cessna 152, registered to c&g aircraft maintenance inc, operating as a 14 CFR 141, under dean international inc (D4RS),…
- [Accident 19900108002149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900108002149A), Jan 8, 1990: Cessna 152 (N6141Q), Rochester, IN, Substantial damage. Reported a crosswind gust caused student pilot to lose control on takeoff roll. Aborted, ran off runway. Nosed over

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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