- Date
- November 4, 1982, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Doraville, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757TACessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821104056879A
- Case key
- 70493
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was on an IFR flight plan and made a missed approach at the destination. While on a second approach, the aircraft ran out of fuel. During a forced landing, the nose gear collapsed and the left wing and right aileron were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757TA
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279981
- Airframe hours
- 2,627
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Departed
- Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,200 total · 557 in this make and model · 7,200 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.