LA CROSSE, FL, USA
N5442B
Cessna 152
The student pilot experienced a total loss of engine power in cruise flight. The pilot made a forced landing to an open field and collided with berm/furrow on landing rollout and nosed over inverted. Examination of the fuel system revealed to visible sign of odor of fuel.
On April 10, 1997, about 1420 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N5442B, registered to Marathon Flight School, Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed during a forced landing in the vicinity of La Crosse, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The student pilot was not injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The flight originated from Perry-Foley Airport, Perry, Florida, about 2 hours 5 minutes before the accident. The student pilot was on a solo cross-country instructional flight to Gainesville, Florida, and had departed Perry with 12 gallons of fuel on board. During the cross-country flight she flew off course, became disoriented and did not request immediate assistance, and experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot made a forced landing to an open field, collided with furrows/berm, and nosed over. Examination of the aircraft fuel system revealed no visible signs or odor of fuel.
The student pilot's failure to maintain a visual look out on landing rollout resulting in an on-ground collision with a berm/furrow, and subsequent nose over. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's improper fuel management resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
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