- Date
- June 21, 1991, 20:17 local (Jun 22, 1991, 03:17 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4607PCessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910621023819A
- Case key
- 27261
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to the failure of the pilot to ensure that an adequate fuel supply was on board the aircraft prior to departure.
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
According to reports from the operator, the pilot departed from north Las Vegas with a fuel load about one half tank capacity. The pilot did not refuel the aircraft at boulder city. While inbound to north Las Vegas, the pilot contacted the Las Vegas terminal radar approach control facility and reported an engine failure. The aircraft attempted a landing on a city street in a remote industrial area. The aircraft collided with the center median divider fence of a street during the landing roll. FAA inspectors examined the aircraft on the evening of June 21 and found no fuel in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4607P
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284779
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerleon Flight School
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- BLD · Boulder City, NV
- Destination
- VGT · 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 48 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.