30.4438° N, 91.2074° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Allen, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 9, 1990 · 15:30 local
Place
Port Allen, LA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5406T
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total7 in this make and model7 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.
Rough engine on descent. Precautionary landing. Right tank empty. Left tank on one-fourth full. Suspect air in system
As the FAA filed it
ROUGH ENGINE ON DESCENT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. RIGHT TANK EMPTY.LEFT TANK ON ONE-FOURTH FULL.SUSPECT AIR IN SYSTEM