# Accident 19970810021549A: Cessna 152, Dunlap, TN, August 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dunlap, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3707° N, 85.3792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3707&lon=-85.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6270H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6270H-2013-04-29) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970810021549A

## Narrative

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

LOSING POWER NEAR FIELD. PULLED UP CLEAR TREES BUT LANDED IN SAME. CLIMBED DOWN TREE. UNABLE LOCATE ENGINE PROBLEM. (.4)THE PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE HAD A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER.  THE PILOT CHOSE A FIELD, HEADED FOR IT, AND AS HE APPROACHED THE INTENDED LANDING SITE, BELIEVED HE WOULD HIT THE TREES SO HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND.  THE ENGINE THEN QUIT, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN AN OAK TREE 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.  DURING THE POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE, FOUR TO SIX GALLONS OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE TANKS. THE INSPECTOR INDICATED HE FOUND NO REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER.              (.19)ON AUGUST 10, 1997, ABOUT 1600 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N6270H, COLLIDED WITH A TREE AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING IN DUNLAP, TENNESSEE.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PROVISION OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, WITH NO FLIGHT PALN FILED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURIED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE FLIGTH DEPARTED DALLAS BAY AIRPORT, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ABOUT 1400.  ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURIN                                  N CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT, WHILE ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING, LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A TREE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD 3 HOURS OF FUEL ON BOARD AND HAD BEEN FLYING FOR 2 HOURS WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT.                     (-23) PILOT OPERATING VFR WITH PAX WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER. ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN FIELD. OVERSHOT FIELD AND AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE TOP OF A LARGE TREE ABOUT 25 FT. ABOVE GROUND. PILOT AND PASSENGER CLIMBED FROM AIRCRAFT BY SLIDING DOWN A TREE WHICH SUPPORTED THE RIGHT WING.

## 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 ATL97LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA120), Aug 10, 1997: Cessna 152 (N6270H), Dunlap, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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