# NTSB ATL89LA022: Cessna 152, N555DU, Hazel Green, AL, October 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1988, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: Hazel Green, AL
- Coordinates: 34.918998, -86.560897 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9190&lon=-86.5609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7946/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA022

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - berm

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PRE-SOLO STUDENT CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE HAZEL GREEN AIRPORT. THE ACFT HAD BEEN OPERATED ABOUT ONE HOUR SINCE THE ORIGINAL TAKEOFF FROM HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REPORTED THAT ABOUT 12 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS ON BOARD AT HUNTSVILLE. THE WRECKAGE EXAMINATION REVEALED ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY OF FUEL IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N555DU](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555DU-2004-11-30), registration cancelled 2004-11-30, S/N A1520759, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1520759
- Airframe hours: 3911
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Duane H. Uken, doing business as Redstone Arsenal Flying Club
- Registered owner: Duane Uken
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 24, 1988, 5 hours before
- Departed: HAZEL GREEN, AL
- Destination: HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: M38, Hazel Green, runway 7, 2,670 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,469 total, 251 in this make and model, 1,318 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881029049869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881029049869A), Oct 29, 1988: Cessna 152, Hazel Green, AL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel shortly after takeoff. Landed in a field, hit a berm and collapsed the nose gear.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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