- Date
- March 14, 1990, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mims, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66949Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900314007839A
- Case key
- 32639
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Probable cause
Pilot's poor inflight monitoring of the a/c fuel state which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent engine failure.
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
After takeoff, the flt remained in the pattern where the student plt performed several touch-&-go landings. The flt then departed the arpt traffic area and proceeded to the practice area, where, the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. After touchdown in a field, the acft was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66949
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281684
- Engine
- Lycoming O235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Titusville Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- TIX · Titusville, FL
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- TIX, 9 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.
Other investigations on N66949 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.