# Incident 19970126002909I: Cessna 152, Alabaster, AL, January 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1997, 15:16 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5403L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970126002909I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 26, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 HOURS, AIRCRAFT N5403L, PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT ,PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, DEPARTED SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, AL FOR A CROSS COUNTY TRAINING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS SCHEDULED FOR SHELBY COUNTY (ETT) TO MONROEVILLE (MVC), AL TO EUFAULA (EUF), AL TO TUSKEGEE (TGE), AL BACK TO SHELBY COUNTY. ON LEG FOUR, MR. MCCORMICK STATED AFTER REEXAMINING HIS MATH ON FUEL BURN, HE BECAME ANXIOUS KNOWING IT WAS CLOSE. HE LET HIS COURSE DRIFT NORTH AND OVERSHOT THE AIRPORT. ONE MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED, AND HE CONTACTED SHELBY COUNTY UNICOM WHEN HE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND ON INTERSTATE 65. HE FLEW UNDER SOME HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES AND LANDED IN A CLEAR SPOT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER LANDING, THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY, SO HE TAXIED TO A BEAM NUMBERS OF SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANKS REVEALED THE TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK WAS SERVICED WITH 13/3 GALLONS AND THE LEFT AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK WAS SERVICED WITH 13/5 GALLONS. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS SERVICED WITH FUEL, ENGINE RUNS WERE COMPLETED WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. MR. MCCORMICK'S LOGS REFLECT THAT HE HAS 37.4 HOURS IN A CE-152. THE  LAST 9.0 RECURRENT WAS SIGNED OFF BY CFI ,PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, ON 11-10-96. MR. MCCORMICK'S FLIGHT WAS NOT SIGNED OFF BY HIS INSTRUCTOR.

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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