# Accident 19790807021469A: Cessna 152, Dallas, TX, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 14:48 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Love
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89574, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89574-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 10 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807021469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. HIT A SIGN POST WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW79FPA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPA24), Aug 7, 1979: Cessna 152 (N89574), Dallas, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N89574 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800408008719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800408008719A), Apr 8, 1980: Cessna 152 (N89574), Keller, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew low over a highway. Struck power line. Stretched across highway. Aircraft dived into median, burned.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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