- Date
- May 12, 1991, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Yazoo City, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65619Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910512015489A
- Case key
- 32868
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Probable cause
Poor planning decision by the student pilot, improper fuel calculations, resulting in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate fuel supply. Contributing to the accident was overconfidence in his own personal ability by the student pilot.
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 was advised by his instructor that the cross-country flt was not authorized due to bad weather but was allowed to rent the acft on the condition that another flt instructor would accompany him. The flt departed & there was no flt instructor aboard. It could not be determined if the departure arpt prior to the accident was the first arpt that the student landed at. During cruise flt the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. The student landed the acft on a road & the rt wing collided with a road sign. The student plt's logbook was not endorsed by an instructor with the flt school indicating that the flt planning was reviewed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65619
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-81655
- Airframe hours
- 4,459
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Central Flying Service, Inc.
- Last inspection
- AAIP · April 8, 1991 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- JAN · Jackson, MS
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 55 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 39 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 N65619 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.