- Date
- September 12, 1990, 23:08 local (Sep 13, 1990, 06:08 UTC)
- Place
- San Fernando, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714XDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900912039099A
- Case key
- 26921
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors related to the pilot's improper preflight preparation and improper in-flight planning.
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 and pax departed las for a personal flight to whp. After flying for about 2.8 hrs the engine lost all power. The pilot made an emergency landing on a city street near the destination arpt. Prior to departing from las the pilot had directed that the airplane's fuel tanks be only partially filled. A line service representative reported that the tanks were filled to about 3/4 capacity. The NTSB estimated that after allowance for ground operation at las, upon takeoff the airplane probably contained 17 gallons of usable fuel. Performance data from Cessna indicated that at 75 percent engine power, the fuel burn off rate was about 6.1 gal/hr. The airplane's projected endurance was 2.8 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714XD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279506
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sun Quest Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 910 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUR, 6 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.