- Date
- July 28, 1984, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Floydada, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94453Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840728075779A
- Case key
- 21412
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The student plt became most while he was on the 2nd leg of a x-country flt. He finally determined his position, but exhausted his fuel before reaching an arpt. During a forced landing, the nose gear sank in soft terrain & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94453
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285678
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Western Hills Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ABI · Abilene, TX
- Destination
- Q41 · Floydada, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Q41 · Floydada Muni
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.