# Accident 19991017035519A: Cessna 152, Bayou La Batre, AL, October 17, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1999, 17:40 local time
- Place: Bayou La Batre, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3995° N, 88.2501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3995&lon=-88.2501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6504L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6504L-2013-09-24) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 11 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991017035519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 17, 1999 CESSNA CE-152 N6504L PILOTED BY MR. GARCIA CRASHED IN A FIELD NEAR THEODORE, AL AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE WAS SKIPPING AND FINALLY CEASED TO OPERATE CAUSING HIM TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A TREE DURING LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN BEFORE IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST.  THE NOSE WAS BENT UPWARD APPROX. 30 DEGREES BEGINNING AFT OF THE FIREWALL FORWARD, BOTH WINGS WERE BENT AND BUCKLED, THE AFT FUSELAGE TWISTED AND BOTH VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILZERS DAMAGED.  THE PROPELLER BLADES DID NOT BEND NOR CURL ON IMPACT INDICATING ENGINE ROTATION HAD CEASED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  GROUND IMPACT CAUSED THE GASOLATOR FUEL LINE TO BREAK, ALLOWING FUEL SPILLAGE IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA.  APPROX. 15 MIN. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED THE FOWL RIVER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TURNED POWER OFF AIRCRAFT AND CLOSED THE FUEL VALVE.  LATER THAT EVENING MECHANIC DEAN LINNER OF SKY KING AVIATION, INC., DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. (.4) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, SUBSTANTIATED BY THE OPERATOR'S FUE LLING RECORDS, THE PILOT PUMPED 4.5 GALLONS OF FUEL INTO THE RENTAL AIRPLANE AFTER IT HAD FLOWN 2.5 HOURS  SINCE REFUELLING. HE THEN FLEW IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2.7 HOURS, INCLUDING 3 TAKEOFFS AND 2 LANDINGS, BEFORE THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. FOLLOWING A LAST MINUTE CORRECTION TO HIS EMERGENCY LANDING, HE CRASHED INTO A PECAN TREE. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION REVEALED NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL TANKS OR CARBURETOR, AND VERY LITTLE HAD LEAKED OUT OF THE GASCOLATOR, POSTCRASH.

## 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 MIA00LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA006), Oct 17, 1999: Cessna 152 (N6504L), Bayou La Batre, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight fuel planning and the his improper en route fuel consumption calculations resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N6504L (1)

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

- [Incident 19920515019809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920515019809I), May 15, 1992: Cessna 152 (N6504L), Mobile, AL, Minor damage. Student stalled on attempt to make a go-around. Hard landing. Nose gear collpased.

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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