- Date
- August 25, 1987, 11:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4745ACessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870825049179A
- Case key
- 31956
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt had completed about 3.4 hrs of a solo cross-country training flt and was about 6 miles se of the airport, when the aircraft sustained a loss of power. A forced landing was performed in a celery field. Investigation revealed no usable fuel in the aircraft and no evidence of any fuel spill at the accident site. After providing an adequate quantity of fuel, a satisfactory test run of the aircraft's engine was performed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4745A
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520888
- Airframe hours
- 3,920
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Flight Center,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Eagle Flight Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 20, 1987 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota-Bradenton
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 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.