# NTSB FTW84LA411: Cessna 152, N64902, Houston, TX, September 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1984, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Coordinates: 29.869369, -95.530975 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8694&lon=-95.5310&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA411
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21480/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA411

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - interpersonal relations, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

STUDENT PLT DEPARTED ON SUPERVISED SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLT TO SPECIFIC DESTINATION AND RETURN. INSTEAD, PLT LANDED AT UNIMPROVED FIELD WITHOUT REQUIRED PRIOR OPERATOR APPROVAL AND EMBARKED HIS WIFE AS A PASSENGER FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. ON RETURN FROM LOCAL FLT, A POOR LANDING APPROACH NECESSITATED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND, FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED. ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N64902 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281468
- Airframe hours: 2748
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ray'S Flying Serv
- Registered owner: Kathleen H. Lupher
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 6, 1984
- Departed: LCH, LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Destination: T17, HOUSTON, TX
- Airport: Flying Acres, runway 27, 2,600 × 83 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 28 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IAH, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840930052509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840930052509A), Sep 30, 1984: Cessna 152, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel during go around. Landed, ran off end of runway into a ditch. Hit a fence. Was carrying passenger.

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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