ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355641
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 July 1997 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Bridgeport Flight Training |
| Registration: | N69073 |
| MSN: | 15282478 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8432 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Worth, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Alliance, TX (KAFW) |
| Bridgeport, TX (IF9) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot's initial solo cross-country flight was intended to follow a 122 nautical mile VFR round trip course which was planned to take about 1 hour and 40 minutes. During the return leg, the pilot became lost and landed at a different airport, located about 20 miles from her intended destination. She took off again to try to get back to her destination, and while en route, the engine lost power. During the ensuing forced landing, the airplane skidded along a roadway and struck a utility pole. The aircraft had been operating for about 3 hours and 15 minutes before the loss of power. According to refueling records, the pilot originally departed with about 19 to 20 gallons of fuel on board. The engine's fuel burn for normal cruise was about 6 gallons per hour. No usable fuel was found in the tanks at the accident site.
Probable Cause: fuel exhaustion, due to the pilot's failure to refuel before taking off on the remainder of the flight after making a precautionary landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot becoming lost and disoriented, and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA244
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 14:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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