# Accident 19850803038959A: Cessna 152, Katy, TX, August 3, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1985, 21:35 local time
- Place: Katy, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7913° N, 95.8410° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Katy, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7913&lon=-95.8410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93980, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93980) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 62 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850803038959A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOCATE UNLIGHTED AIRPORT IN LOW CEILING, FOG AND RAIN.ENGINE QUIT HIT SIGN ON A HIGHWAY.BELEIVED CARB ICE

## 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 FTW85LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA321), Aug 3, 1985: Cessna 152 (N93980), Katy, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N93980 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880605033199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880605033199I), Jun 5, 1988: Cessna 152 (N93980), Sea Lion Cove, AK, Minor damage. Elected to land on a sandy beach. On landing rollout aircraft tires started to sink into soft sand. Nosed over.

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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