# Accident 20181228021909A: Cessna 152, Horseshoe Bay, TX, December 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2018, 20:08 local time
- Place: Horseshoe Bay, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5328° N, 98.3236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5328&lon=-98.3236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6202M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6202M-2021-06-05) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 383 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181228021909A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 28, 2018 AT 2008 CDT, A CESSNA 152 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N6202M, REGISTERED TO FLY OK AIR LLC, CRASHED IN A WOODED ARE 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSESHOE BAY, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM OKLAHOMA CITY, OK ON DECEMBER 28, 2018, AT 1655 CDT.

## 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 CEN19LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA064), Dec 29, 2018: Cessna 152 (N6202M), Horseshoe Bay, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N6202M (3)

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

- [Incident 19940328012199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940328012199I), Mar 28, 1994: Cessna 152 (N6202M), Shawnee, OK. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing in field. Fuel exhausted. Had faulty fuel gages.
- [Incident 19931221050749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931221050749I), Dec 21, 1993: Cessna 152 (N6202M), Shawnee, OK, Minor damage. Pilot struck an unknown object inboard of wing tip on an simulated emergency landing.
- [Accident 19840215029479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840215029479A), Feb 15, 1984: Cessna 152 (N6202M), Stillwater, OK, Substantial damage. Damage indicates aircraft impacted the runway hard with nose down. Pilot had not logged any flights since 1982.

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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