- Date
- October 5, 1986, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5488BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861005048949A
- Case key
- 13675
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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
The student pilot assumed he had full fuel tanks prior to takeoff. He then proceeded to fly the aircraft for approximately 4.4 hours. Just prior to his final landing he was forced to go around due to an aircraft on the runway. Following this go around he established himself on base leg. At this point he ran out of fuel. He was unaware that the aircraft had been flown for 1.1 hours two days after it was fully fueled and eight days prior to his 4.4 hour flight. Therefore the aircraft had flown for approximately 5.6 hours when it ran out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5488B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 283883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Travel Express Aviation
- Registered owner
- Raymond Golembiewski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 19, 1986
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 33, 3,401 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 57 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 1 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.