# Incident 20020424007829I: Cessna 152, Athens, TX, April 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2002, 16:15 local time
- Place: Athens, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2026° N, 95.8308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Athens, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2026&lon=-95.8308&mi=10
- Aircraft: XBIAI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 250 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020424007829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/24/02, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 CDT, A CESSNA 152, MEXICAN REGISTRATION XB-IAI, DEPARTED JONES AIRPORT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA ENROUTE TO ATHENS TX. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED BY MR. ALFERDO VELAZQUEZ, OPERATED BY MR. JOSE HERNANDEZ, A MEXICAN NATIONAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING EXPORTED TO MEXICO. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER MEXICAN REGISTERED CE-152. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, IT WAS A CLEAR DAY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA AND THE WEATHER CHANGED APPROACHING ATHENS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HEAVY CLOUDS MOVED IN AROUND ATHENS CAUSING THEM TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME LOST. NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THE PILOT STATED THE HE HAD TO CIRCLE THE AREA SEVERAL TIMES LOOKING FOR THE AIRPORT CAUSING THE FUEL DEPLETION.

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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