# Accident 19900104000629A: Cessna 172E, Hammond, LA, January 4, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1990, 03:35 local time
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Airport: Hammond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3531S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3531S-2012-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 20 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900104000629A

## Narrative

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

DEPART INTO WORSENING WEATHER AT NIGHT WITH PASSENGER. UNABLE TO LOCATE VECTORED AIRPORTS BY ATC RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 FTW90LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA049), Jan 4, 1990: Cessna 172E (N3531S), Hammond, LA, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT IN COMMAND'S INITIATION AND CONTINUATION OF THE FLIGHT INTO AN AREA OF KNOWN IMC WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HIS SUBSEQUENT INABILITY TO LAND PRIOR TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO…

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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