ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299086
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| Date: | Thursday 20 April 2000 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Flying Viking, Inc. |
| Registration: | N152SC |
| MSN: | 15280265 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9810 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | FRESNO, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | HAYWARD , CA (KHWD) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a solo instructional flight, the student pilot's airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot made a forced landing in a parking lot and collided with a trailer. The student pilot, whose flight experience consisted of a total of 28 hours, of which 4 hours were as pilot-in-command, initiated the planned 1-hour-long local area flight that was supposed to be performed within a 25-mile radius of the departure airport, as authorized by his flight instructor. The student became disoriented and confused regarding his direction of flight and began flying east instead of west. Upon flying for 3.25 hours, and traveling about 117 miles east of the departure airport, fuel exhaustion occurred.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion during cruise flight due to the student pilot becoming disoriented and lost.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX00LA165
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2022 02:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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