- Date
- June 24, 1989, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Addison, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45955Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890624017399A
- Case key
- 22883
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the solo student pilot and inadequate supervision by the student's instructor pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor related to the accident was: the instructor pilot's lack of experience in the type of operation.
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 departed the home airport with full fuel at aprx 0815 CDT. An aborted landing & a tough-&-go were performed at an intermediate airport before landing at about 1045 CDT. The pilot departed on the return flight at about 1115 & crashed landed about 5 mi short of the airport. The hobbs meter records indicated that the aircraft had flown 3.8 hrs on the trip. No fuel was found in the wing tanks or in the area of the aircraft. The emergencly landing occurred on rough terrain. During the landing, the nose gear collapsed & the aircraft nosed over. An FAA coordinator reported that the student pilot's instructor was relatively inexperienced and did not conduct a thorough enough evaluation of the student's flight planning before authorizing the trip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45955
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282959
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Centerline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Kummer
- Departed
- ARD · Ardmore, OK
- Destination
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ADS · Addison
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 42 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS, 5 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.