# Accident 19841006054309A: Cessna 152, Monroe, LA, October 6, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1984, 05:00 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5190° N, 92.0772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5190&lon=-92.0772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4877H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 279 total, 242 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841006054309A

## Narrative

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

FORECASTED IFR WEATHER. NOT CURRENT FOR NIGHT. FLEW INTO AREA OF LOW CEILING, VISIBILITY. STRUCK CANAL EMBANKMENT.

## 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 FTW85FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA006), Oct 6, 1984: Cessna 152 (N4877H), Monroe, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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