# Accident 20190321001769A: Cessna L-19E, Youngsville, LA, March 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Youngsville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0933° N, 92.0769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0933&lon=-92.0769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna L-19E (registry code 2074016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-l-19e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA L-19E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,393 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190321001769A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019, N13FM, A CESSNA L-19E, SN 24590, PROCEEDED TO A LUNCH RENDEZVOUS AT DI RESTAURANT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BASILE, LA. PILOT STATED HIS ALTITUDE WAS 1200 FEET WHEN HIS ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS SO HE CHANGED TANKS AND TURNED ON THE FUEL PRESSURE SWITCH. THE ENGINE RAN ABOUT 30 SECONDS AT FULL POWER AND QUIT AGAIN FOR GOOD. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO PICK UP A GLIDE SPEED OF 80 MPH AND TRIED TO LAND IN AN OPEN SPACE JUST OFF HIGHWAY 92 BUT RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE AND DEAD STICKED HIS AIRCRAFT INTO A GROVE OF VERY SMALL TREES, APPROX. 60 MPH UPON CONTACT. AIRCRAFT WAS SUSPENDED IN TREES ABOUT FOUR FEET OFF GROUND. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PASSENGER.

## 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 CEN19LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA130), Mar 21, 2019: Cessna L19 (N13FM), Milton, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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