- Date
- June 3, 1992, 19:00 local (Jun 4, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Henrietta, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68735Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920603030039A
- Case key
- 18507
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power from fuel exhaustion and the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane.
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 pilot departed for his destination with one hour of fuel on board the airplane. The time to destination was fifty minutes. The pilot said he became disoriented and flew beyond his destination. The fuel supply was exhausted and a loss of power occurred. A forced landing was accomplished to an open field. During the landing roll, the airplane struck a fence. The pilot stated that he did not have enough fuel for the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68735
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282345
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Flight Academy, Inc.
- Registered owner
- American Flight Academy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- CDS · Childress, TX
- Destination
- T47 · Wichita Falls, TX
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 120 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS, 25 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.