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A C152 instructor reported engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. A safe forced landing was executed in a nearby park.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1004877 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201204 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 1500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
Cross country VFR training flight. Time enroute - 3 hours 35 minutes. Engine quit. Notified TRACON; they gave vectors to [a nearby airport]; decided we were not going to make it. Thought about [another airport]; decided too far. [I] chose landing field on southeast corner of [a] park. Open paved area; no one in vicinity. [I] performed emergency landing per poh check list.according to poh performance data; [endurance] should have been approximately 5.4 hours; allowing for 4.0 hours of flight with 1/2 hour VFR reserve. Apparent fuel exhaustion; approximately 2.0 gallons of fuel removed from aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C152 Instructor reported engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. A safe forced landing was executed in a nearby park.
Narrative: Cross Country VFR Training flight. Time enroute - 3 hours 35 minutes. Engine quit. Notified TRACON; they gave vectors to [a nearby airport]; decided we were not going to make it. Thought about [another airport]; decided too far. [I] chose landing field on southeast corner of [a] park. Open paved area; no one in vicinity. [I] performed emergency landing per POH check list.According to POH performance data; [endurance] should have been approximately 5.4 hours; allowing for 4.0 hours of flight with 1/2 hour VFR reserve. Apparent fuel exhaustion; approximately 2.0 gallons of fuel removed from aircraft.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.