- Date
- May 23, 1991, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6495LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910523017069A
- Case key
- 32875
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion due to misjudged fuel consumption calculations.
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 acft departed with full fuel tanks & when the flt was aprx 12 miles from the destination arpt the eng began surging. Unable to maintain altitude the plt elected to perform a landing in a field but during the descent, the lt wing collided with a pole. The acft then landed & came to rest upright. The fuel tanks were drained which revealed that they contained 3.25 gals. The unusable fuel quantity is 1.5 gals. An A&P mechanic examined the eng & found no resons for the failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6495L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284419
- Airframe hours
- 8,887
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Langley Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Langley Aero Club
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1991 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- HYW · Conway, SC
- 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,022 total · 130 in this make and model · 83 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.