- Date
- January 25, 1987, 16:42 local (Jan 26, 1987, 00:42 UTC)
- Place
- Glendora, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65560Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870125046099A
- Case key
- 25508
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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
During a local pleasure flight, the engine lost power and the pilot made a forced landing on a golf course. Visual inspection of the fuel tanks revealed that both tanks were empty and no fuel drained from the sumps. No mechanical failure or malfunction with the aircraft was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65560
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281618
- Airframe hours
- 3,229
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cable Air
- Registered owner
- Robert Cable
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 16, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- POC · La Verne, CA
- Destination
- POC
- Airport
- runway 8, 4,839 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 113 in this make and model · 192 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- POC, 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.