- Date
- April 16, 1988, 00:20 local (04:20 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714SWCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880416039329A
- Case key
- 32166
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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
The plt stated that he was enroute to sanford, FL when the engine lost power. He then landed on I-4, striking a van with the left wing and propeller. The operator stated that prior to removing the wings in order to transport the acft back to sanford, all the remaining fuel was drained. This fuel totaled aprx 1 1/4 gallons. According to the Cessna 152 operating manual, the long range fuel tank capacity of this acft is 39 gallons with 1 1/2 gallons being unuseable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714SW
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279406
- Airframe hours
- 3,515
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Trng Sales & Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 25, 1987 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 294 total · 162 in this make and model · 249 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.