- Date
- April 19, 1987, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24511Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870419010179A
- Case key
- 31897
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot experienced an engine failure in flight and landed the aircraft in a pasture. He then restarted the engine and took off, after take off the engine failed two times and he restarted it. The engine failed the third time and he could not start it. During the forced landing the nose wheel hit a ditch and the aircraft nosed over. Examination of the right fuel tank revealed it was empty and the lt fuel tank contained about 2 quarts of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24511
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-80299
- Airframe hours
- 1,843
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard I Kahla
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1987 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Destination
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 16 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.