- Date
- March 25, 1988, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Preston, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4712DCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34553
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on the second leg of a x-country trng flt when the eng quit. Exam of the acft fuel system revealed that no fuel was present. The pilot departed the original departure arpt without a full load of fuel, and had planned to acquire fuel at the second of two planned stops. The pilot stated he visually chkd fuel before commencing the flt, but that he did not confirm if the fuel quantity present in the tanks was sufficient for the proposed trng flt. The acft crashed into a fld 40 miles short of his proposed fueling stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4712D
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283592
- Airframe hours
- 3,474
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tri-Air
- Registered owner
- Tri-Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 27, 1987 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- COU · Columbia, MO
- Destination
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 40 nm away