- Date
- July 27, 1989, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Romeoville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25848Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890727025449A
- Case key
- 14186
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of the fuel supply.
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
Following preflight inspection of their airplane, the student pilot told his instructor the airplane needed fuel because it indicated one quarter full. From the quantity indicators, the instructor estimated sufficient fuel and proceeded with the flight. The pilots took off to practice touch-and-go landings at an outlying field. Forty-five minutes after takeoff, the engine abruptly lost power and the instructor executed a forced landing. When examined in the field, no fuel was found in the tanks. The engine was successfully ground run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25848
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 80816
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- A & M Aviation, doing business as A & M Aviation
- Registered owner
- Andrew E James
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 7, 1989 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- LOT · Joliet, IL
- Destination
- LOT
- Airport
- LOT · Lewis University
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 862 total · 283 in this make and model · 745 as pilot in command · 388 in the last 90 days · 106 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.