- Date
- May 7, 1985, 20:36 local (May 8, 1985, 01:36 UTC)
- Place
- Ozark, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6097MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850507017699A
- Case key
- 6790
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was on a x-country flt from Ozark, AL to columbia, SC & return. He used 22 gal of fuel en route to columbia. Before returning, he refueled the acft to its full capacity of 24.5 usable gals. However, on the return flt, he encountered headwinds, did not lean his mixture & was vectored around thunderstorms. Before reaching the arpt, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. Subsequently, the acft was damaged during a forced landing. The plt reported that the acft knocked down a power line & damaged an OAT crop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6097M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alabama Aviation & Techn.Col.
- Registered owner
- Alabama Aviation And Tech Coll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 7, 1984 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 158 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 71J
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.