# Accident 20090504006739A: Cessna 152, Opelousas, LA, May 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2009, 18:20 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5249° N, 92.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelousas, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5249&lon=-92.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4590K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4590K-2009-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090504006739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 500 AGL ON A DESCENT TO THE OPELOUSAS, LA AIRPORT THE ENGINE SURGED AND THEN LOST POWER.  THE PILOT MADE AN FORCED LANDING INTO A RAIN SOAKED FIELD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTH OF THE APPROACH END TO RUNWAY 18.  UPON TOUCH DOWN IN THE RAIN SOAKED FIELD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES REPORTED.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 8 GALLONS OF FUEL ABOARD AND DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT AT THE POINT OF DEPARTURE.  THIS IS A INCREASED HORSEPOWER ENGINE AND WOULD OPERATE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE HOUR ON THIS AMOUNT OF FUEL.  UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE BOTH FUEL TANK DRAINS WERE PULLED AND FUEL DRAINED INTO A CLEAN CONTAINER. THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 GALLONS AND THE RIGHT TANK HAD 1 GALLON.  THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A UNUSABLE FUEL AMOUNT OF 1 1/2 GALLONS TOTAL.

## 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

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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