# Incident 19800910070129I: Cessna 152, Galveston, TX, September 10, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1980, 18:11 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47115, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47115-1989-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800910070129I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL ON CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HAD DETOURED TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE CLOUD BUILDUPS.

## Other reports on N47115 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890306003249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890306003249A), Mar 6, 1989: Cessna 152 (N47115), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft nose dived into a swamp. Vertical impact indicates a stall entered from a unknown maneuver.

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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