# NTSB MIA87LA232: Cessna 152, N4745A, Sarasota, FL, August 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1987, 11:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Coordinates: 27.880338, -82.329811 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8803&lon=-82.3298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31956
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31956/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA232

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fuel system - exhaustion (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4745A-1994-04-26), registration cancelled 1994-04-26, S/N A1520888 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520888
- Airframe hours: 3920
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870825049179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870825049179A), Aug 25, 1987: Cessna A152, Sarasota - Brad, FL, Substantial damage. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in a field. Landing gear bent. Wing hit the ground.

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

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