# Accident 19981009028899A: Cessna 152, Bridgeport, TX, October 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.1991° N, 97.7504° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1991&lon=-97.7504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757XC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757XC-2012-07-20) (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 FTW99LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981009028899A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK SOME MESQUITE TREES AND TERRAIN. (-23) ON OCTOBER 9, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CDT, A CESSNA 152, N757XC, CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 17 (AT 1F9) BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS.  VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND ROUGH TERRAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE OPEN FIELD.

## 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 FTW99LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA008), Oct 9, 1998: Cessna 152 (N757XC), Bridgeport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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