SARASOTA, FL, USA
N215JA
CESSNA 152
THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND BECAME LOST EN ROUTE. AFTER ARRIVING AT HIS DESTINATION HE DID NOT PURCHASE FUEL. HE THEN DEPARTED AND FLEW BACK TO HIS HOME AIRPORT. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO HIS HOME AIRPORT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. NO USABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT OR AT THE CRASH SITE. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE DID NOT LEAN THE FUEL MIXTURE FOR ANY PORTION OF THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT'S HOBBSMETER INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 3.6 HOURS SINCE DEPARTURE.
PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO ENSURE THE AIRCRAFT CONTAINED ENOUGH FUEL TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT RESULTING IN THE ENGINE FAILING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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