# Accident 19970129000969A: Cessna 152, Lawrence, MA, January 29, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1997, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lawrence, MA
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7087° N, 71.1074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7087&lon=-71.1074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67898, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67898-2008-07-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970129000969A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DELCARED EMERGENCY ON .5 MILE RUNWAY 32, ENGINE QUIT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN TREES. (-23) FUEL LINES FROZEN.  FUEL STARVATION CAUSED LOSS OF POWER.  CRASHED INTO TREES JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY 32 AT LAWRENCE, MA.

## 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 NYC97LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA049), Jan 29, 1997: Cessna 152 (N67898), North Andover, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: Fuel vents blocked by frozen moisture which resulted in restricted fuel flow to the engine and subsequent loss of engine power.

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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