- Date
- April 17, 1989, 11:59 local (19:59 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6479LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890417008329A
- Case key
- 5176
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Probable cause
Improper preflight planning and preparation by the pilot which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At approximately 1000 m.s.l. the engine quit. The pilot attempted an emergency landing on the beach. After touchdown the airplane nosed over on its back. Examination of the airplane fuel system revealed complete fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6479L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284411
- Airframe hours
- 5,827
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilbur'S Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 29, 1989 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 151 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6479L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.