# NTSB MIA83LA080: Cessna C-152, N49132, Yeehaw Junction, FL, February 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1983, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Yeehaw Junction, FL
- Location: 27.7032° N, 80.8836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yeehaw Junction, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7032&lon=-80.8836&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30849
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30849/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA080

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 3.2 HOURS LATER THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A WOODED AREA. SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TESTS FAILED TO REVEAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE ENGINE FUEL COMSUMPTION WAS ABNORMALLY HIGH.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49132](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49132-2010-01-11), registration cancelled 2010-01-11, S/N 15281156, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152 81156
- Airframe hours: 1581
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ormond Beach Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Commander Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1982, 64 hours before
- Departed: X16, TAMPA, FL
- Destination: FPR, FT. PIERCE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 17 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830219004599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830219004599A), Feb 19, 1983: Cessna 152, Yeehaw Junction, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot continued solo cross country flight until fuel exhaustion. Crashed during emergency landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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