# NTSB Accident WPR18LA042
> **CESSNA 152** · 2017-12-03 · Everett, WA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR18LA042
- **Event ID:** 20171204X72456
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-12-03
- **Location:** Everett, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.9076, -122.2809
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N714TD
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight inspection, during which he failed to ensure that water was sufficiently drained from the fuel system, which resulted in total loss of engine power and a subsequent forced landing and impact with objects.

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