19791221035729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Huntsville, AL · December 21, 1979

Date
December 21, 1979 · 18:25 local
Place
Huntsville, AL
Airport
Mills
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N67340
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80DKJ14
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
101 total6 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit near destination due to fuel exhaustion. Hit trees on dead stick landing to alternate airport.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT NEAR DESTINATION DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. HIT TREES ON DEAD STICK LANDING TO ALTERNATE AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.