- Date
- November 7, 1984, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Baxley, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84BNCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841107060669A
- Case key
- 6702
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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 acft was damaged during a forced landing into a plowed field after the eng quit. Investigation revealed the plt had been instructed to refuel at his first stop of an extended x-country flt. The acft ran out of fuel aprx 1 mi from the second scheduled stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84BN
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281430
- Airframe hours
- 15,597
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Shields Aviation
- Registered owner
- William P. Shields
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 27, 1984 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- 30J · Baxley, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Baxley
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 123 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.