Cessna 152 N65611

Summary

On 12 November 1998 at about 17:40 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N65611, operated by Aircraft Developement Flight, was involved in an accident near Coral Springs, Florida, United States. One person was 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.

Date

12 November 1998 at 17:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Coral Springs, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N65611

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aircraft Developement Flight

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Pahokee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA99LA033

Nobody was injured.

The delay by the pilot to obtain proper assistance after becoming lost/disoriented resulting in total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that the flight departed and after reaching his third to the last checkpoint, he could not located his next checkpoint. He orbited the area then became lost and about 3 hours 30 minutes after the flight departed, he contacted the Miami AFSS and advised he was lost, the right fuel tank and empty and the left fuel tank was low on fuel. He then flew away from the congested area expecting to perform a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion and after the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion, he landed the airplane on a dike. During the landing roll, the airplane rolled off the dike and collided with trees. The airplane had been operated for 3.8 hours since takeoff according to the hour meter. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the fuel tanks were empty.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.