- Date
- June 5, 1993, 13:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N215JACessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930605016929A
- Case key
- 33278
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Probable cause
Pilot in command's failure to ensure the aircraft contained enough fuel to complete the flight resulting in the engine failing due to fuel exhaustion.
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 pilot departed on solo cross country flight and became lost en route. After arriving at his destination he did not purchase fuel. He then departed and flew back to his home airport. While on final approach to his home airport the engine sputtered and quit. While making a forced landing in a field the aircraft nosed over. No usable fuel was found in the aircraft after the accident and there was no evidence of fuel leakage from the aircraft in flight or at the crash site. The student pilot stated he did not lean the fuel mixture for any portion of the flight. The aircraft's hobbsmeter indicated the aircraft had flown 3.6 hours since departure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N215JA
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284884
- Airframe hours
- 6,979
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jones Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 29, 1993 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- PHK · Pahokee, 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 5 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.