# Accident 19850505019099A: Cessna 152, Wickenburg, AZ, May 5, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1985, 18:15 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9845° N, 112.8002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9845&lon=-112.8002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24970, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24970-1988-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,200 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850505019099A

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT DID NOT TOP TANKS AT PREVIOUS STOP.

## 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 LAX85LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA244), May 6, 1985: Cessna 152 (N24970), Wickenburg, AZ, destroyed

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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