- Date
- March 2, 1985, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hawesville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N89128Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850302013189A
- Case key
- 6772
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was on a flt from lordsburg, NM, to mansfield, OH, and could not find hancock county airport, Hawesville, KY. While searching for the airport the engine lost total power due to fuel exhaustion. The plt said that he planned to refuel at hancock co. airport, but got caught above a cloud layer and could no find the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89128
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8136
- Airframe hours
- 1,992
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Kemp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Lordsburg, NM
- Destination
- Hawesville, AL
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 3 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.