- Date
- July 9, 1989, 17:44 local (21:44 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4680PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890709025279A
- Case key
- 32454
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot which resulted in fuel starvation due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The soft terrain in the emergency landing area was considered to be a contributing factor.
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 student plt departed on a solo x-country training flt after being advised the acft had flown aprx 1.2 hrs since it was refuelled. As he was apchg his 2nd to last lndg stop at Vero Beach, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed when the plt landed in a soft field. No usable fuel was found in the acft after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4680P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284799
- Airframe hours
- 3,588
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Atp
- Registered owner
- Rocio Meneces
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 12, 1989 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Destination
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 55 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 11 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.