- Date
- July 2, 1990, 17:40 local (Jul 3, 1990, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hickman, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25899Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900702023419A
- Case key
- 26855
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper planning & decision, an inadequate fuel supply, and fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was related to the false indication of the fuel quantity gages.
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 private pilot, who had logged about 153-hours of flight time, and a passenger planned a crosscountry flight. After flying for about three hours a total loss of engine power was experienced. The pilot made a forced landing in a grass field. During rollout the aircraft collided with a fence. The pilot reported that at the time of the mishap both wing tanks' fuel gages registered 1/4 full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25899
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280842
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midfiled Aviation
- Departed
- APV · Apple Vlley, CA
- Destination
- 027 · Oakdale, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 10 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.