- Date
- November 6, 1982, 17:26 local (Nov 7, 1982, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Marana, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69199Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71571
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Aircraft preflight - not performedFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
During cruise the aircraft ran out of fuel prior to reaching the pilot's intended point of landing. The pilot attempted a forced landing in the desert. Records indicated the aircraft had flown about 5.3 hours since it was last refueled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69199
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285348
- Airframe hours
- 388
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arizona Frontier Aviation
- Registered owner
- Arizona Frontier Aviation
- Departed
- C · Scottsdale, AZ
- Destination
- C · Twcson, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
N69199Registration cancelled Mar 2, 2018 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 74 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles