# Incident 19990111013519I: Cessna 152, Chef Menture, LA, January 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1999, 10:50 local time
- Place: Chef Menture, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0696° N, 89.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chef Menteur, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0696&lon=-89.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80427, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80427-2007-12-03) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 190 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990111013519I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION AT A PRACTICE AREA OVER A LANDFILL IN CHEF MENTURE, LOUISIANA, WHEN THE ARICRAFT LOST SUBSTANTIAL POWER. PILOT MANEUVERED WITH A 360 DEGREE POWER-OFF OVERHEAD APPROACH.  PILOT PUT FLAPS TO 30 DEGREES AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE SIDE OF A DOWNHILL EMBANKMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE FRONT LANDING GEAR SNAPPED BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID 80 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST WITH A BENT PROP AND A BROKEN NOSE GEAR.  JUST PRIOR TO STOPPING, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO ITS RIGHT WING TIP.  PERFORMED MANGNETO CHECK ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETOS;  MAGNETOS CHECK GOOD.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N80427 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850620037349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850620037349I), Jun 20, 1985: Cessna 152 (N80427), Metairie, LA, Minor damage. Lost engine power at cruise. Safe landing on boulevard. Bolt connecting throttle linkage to carburetor was missing.

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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