# Accident 19971014033809A: Cessna 152, New Braunfels, TX, October 14, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49941, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49941-2012-04-19) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 31 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971014033809A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 14, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 HOURS CDT, A CESSNA 152, N49941, PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT, DEPARTED NEW BRAUNFELLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (3R5) NEW BRAUNFELLS, TEXAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT UNDER CFR 14 PART 91. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO COLLEGE STATION AND ON TO LAGRANGE, TEXAS AND RETURN TO NEW BRAUNFELLS, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BRAUNFELLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A MAINTENANCE CREW WAS SENT TO THE SITE TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNUSABLE FUEL. FUEL WAS PUT IN THE TANKS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED, RUN UP AND FLOWN OUT OF THE FIELD BACK TO NEW BRAUNFELLS AIRPORT. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N49941 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020315008149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020315008149I), Mar 15, 2002: Cessna 152 (N49941), New Braunfels, TX. (-23) Fuel exhaustion one-half short of New Braunfels, TX (3R5). Pilot on last leg of a night cross country flight from san angelo. No damage to aircraft.…
- [Incident 19910408016909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910408016909I), Apr 8, 1991: Cessna 152 (N49941), Lexington, TN, Minor damage. Partial engine power on attempted go-around. Elected to land. Landed long and ran off runway.

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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