- Date
- July 11, 1989, 20:14 local (Jul 12, 1989, 00:14 UTC)
- Place
- Miami Lakes, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69224Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890711022139A
- Case key
- 32302
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to visually inspect the airplane fuel tanks during the preflight inspection to assure adequate fuel to conduct the flight was available.
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 insturctor pilot stated that he allowed the foriegn rated private pilot to conduct the preflight inspection. After 2 hours of flight the engine failed and the instructor executed a forced langing to a cow pasture where the acft nosed over. Post accident examination revealed 8 ounces of fuel left in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69224
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282569
- Airframe hours
- 2,817
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pardo, Samuel A.
- Registered owner
- Acha Fabiola Mabel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 27, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,400 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 3 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.