- Date
- September 3, 1984, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N95035Cessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840903074919A
- Case key
- 35758
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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
Fuel exhaustion occurred 3.3 hrs into flt. Plt stated tanks appeared to be full on preflight but acft records showed 0.6 hrs flown on previous flight and acft not subsequently refueled. Aprx 1.5 gals found in tanks on post-mishap inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95035
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285842
- Airframe hours
- 377
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steel City Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1984 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- AGC · Pittsburg, PA
- Airport
- 3G2 · Washington Company
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 350 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGC
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 N95035 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.