29.9546° N, 90.0751° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 10, 1986 · 03:05 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Moisant
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
NR427
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
346 total313 in this make and model20 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.
After failing to complete 2 approaches diverted with low fuel. Fuel exhausted on final in extremely low visibility.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER FAILING TO COMPLETE 2 APPROACHES DIVERTED WITH LOW FUEL. FUEL EXHAUSTED ON FINAL IN EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITY.