Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 152 N24913

18 February 1991 · St. Cloud, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 February 1991 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N24913, operated by Brown's Seaplane Base, Inc., was involved in an accident near St. Cloud, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 19:15
Classification
Accident
Location
St. Cloud, Florida, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N24913
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Brown's Seaplane Base, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Tampa → Winter Haven
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA91LA082

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PLAN THE FLIGHT AND FAILURE TO OBTAIN PROPER ASSISTANCE FROM ATC AFTER BECOMING LOST, WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED ON A LOCAL FLT & LANDED AT AN UNK ARPT. HE THEN DETERMINED HIS LOCATION & PROCEEDED TO RETURN BUT BECAME DISORIENTED AGAIN. THE ENG LOST TOTAL POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION & THE PLT LANDED IN AN OPEN AREA. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE ACFT WAS OPERATED FOR 4.5 HRS SINCE THE LAST REFUELING & IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO VOR RECEIVERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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