Cessna 152 N89887
30 June 2018 · Panama City, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 June 2018 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89887 was involved in an accident near Panama City, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Panama City, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 30.3525, -85.8411
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N89887
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1978
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Destin → Panama City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA419
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, 15 minutes into a cross-country flight, the airplane's engine lost rpm. He added power, and the engine regained rpm briefly before losing all power. The pilot selected a dirt road for an emergency landing, during which the nose landing gear touched down on a soft surface, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left and right wings and the front windshield. The pilot reported that the airplane had 4.5 gallons of fuel on board at the last takeoff. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that, during postaccident examination of the airplane, the fuel tanks were found empty. The gascolator had residual fuel, and about 1 gallon of fuel was removed from the fuselage fuel drain. He added that, according to the manufacturer's specifications, the airplane should have had 1.5 gallons of unusable fuel. He turned on the airplane's master power switch to view the fuel quantity gauge indications, and the left-wing tank gauge indicated between empty and a quarter full with no fuel in the tank, and the right-wing fuel tank gauge indicated empty.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2018 | Cessna 152 | Tulua, Colombia | Aeroccidente | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2018 | Cessna 152 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | American Flight Training, LLC. | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 2018 | Cessna 152 | Bell Glade, Florida, United States | Orange Wings Aviation Academy | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 2018 | Cessna 152 | Fort Rice, North Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Oct 2018 | Cessna 152 | Lakeland, Florida, United States | Training Planes LLC | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 2018 | Cessna 152 | Cullman, Alabama, United States | Guest Aviation LLC | Minor injuries | - |
All 3,030 records for this type
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