- Date
- July 4, 1989, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tunas, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757EJCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890704019599A
- Case key
- 34827
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to fuel exhaustion because of improper flight planning by the 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 commercial pilot said that about ten minutes after takeoff, the engine failed. An emergency landing was attempted which resulted in substantial damage to the acft and minor injuries to the pilot. The pilot estimated she had about 5.5 gallons of fuel remaining in the tanks prior to departure. She said she was flying to an airport, that had fuel facilities, that was located about 25 miles away, to refuel. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757EJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279678
- Airframe hours
- 5,955
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North Point Aviation Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 27, 1989 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- 97MO · Buffalo, MO
- Destination
- H21 · Camdenton, MO
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 515 total · 221 in this make and model · 383 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 40 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.