# Incident 19960207007609I: Cessna 152, New Orleans, LA, February 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1996, 08:11 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49800, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49800-2012-08-09) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960207007609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATES THAT THE PREFLIGHT WAS INTERRUPTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BECAUSE HE LEFT THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN HE RETURNED HE DID NOT COMPLETE THE PREFLIGHT AND DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL QUANTITY. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN UNEVENLY, INDICATING FUEL STARVATION. HE DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS PERFORMED ON A LEVEE WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE INTENDS TO ENROLL IN A RETRAINING COURSE TO RAISE HIS LEVEL OF SAFETY STANDARDS.

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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