ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212759
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| Date: | Saturday 30 June 2018 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N89887 |
| MSN: | 15282904 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6735 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pine Log/West Bay area, Bay County, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Destin, FL (DTS) |
| Panama City, FL (ECP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, 15 minutes into a cross-country flight, the airplane’s engine lost rpm. He added power, and the engine regained rpm briefly before losing all power. The pilot selected a dirt road for an emergency landing, during which the nose landing gear touched down on a soft surface, and the airplane nosed over.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left and right wings and the front windshield.
The pilot reported that the airplane had 4.5 gallons of fuel on board at the last takeoff. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that, during postaccident examination of the airplane, the fuel tanks were found empty. The gascolator had residual fuel, and about 1 gallon of fuel was removed from the fuselage fuel drain. He added that, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, the airplane should have had 1.5 gallons of unusable fuel. He turned on the airplane’s master power switch to view the fuel quantity gauge indications, and the left-wing tank gauge indicated between empty and a quarter full with no fuel in the tank, and the right-wing fuel tank gauge indicated empty.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=89887
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2018 21:11 | Geno | Added |
| 01-Jul-2018 07:31 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Feb-2019 07:44 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 23-Feb-2019 07:44 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 22-Mar-2019 20:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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