- Date
- June 26, 1986, 20:15 local (Jun 27, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, TN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24847Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860626036409A
- Case key
- 7138
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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
While returning from an instrument training flight, the aircraft lost total power and the CFI attempted an emergency landing on a road. During the attempted landing the aircraft collided with a road sign and was substantially damaged. The pilot related that the aircraft ran out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24847
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280409
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bolivar Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 30, 1986
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Destination
- M08 · Bolivar, TN
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,470 total · 1,260 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 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.