ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364405
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 October 1991 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Abilene Aero, Inc. |
| Registration: | N5399B |
| MSN: | 15283861 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7255 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lubbock, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING PREFLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT DISCOVERED WATER IN THE FUEL SAMPLES. HE THEN RECRUITED THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WHO ASSISTED HIM IN SUMPING THE TANKS UNTIL A SATISFACTORY SAMPLE WAS OBTAINED. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THEN ADVISED BY THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO VERIFY THE FUEL QUANTITY OF THE AIRPLANE BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INACCURATE. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT FUEL WAS OBSERVED UP TO THE FILLER NECK OF THE TANK; THEREFORE, HE DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRPLANE. ON FINAL TO THE AIRPORT, A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WAS EXPERIENCED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. A TOTAL OF 1.25 GALLONS WAS RECOVERED FROM THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.
Probable Cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. A FACTOR WAS THE FBO'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW92LA006
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 May 1982 | N5399B | Rainbow Aviation | 0 | Ainsworth, NE | |
sub |
| 30 September 1999 | N5399B | Private | 0 | Slaton, TX | |
sub |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 14:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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