Cessna 152
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 3400; Flight Crew Type 1500
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft; Human Factors
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.
A C152 Instructor reported engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. A safe forced landing was executed in a nearby park.