- Date
- December 8, 1984, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Slidell, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24780Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841208065439A
- Case key
- 21641
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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
When the renter plt arrived at the fixed base operator, he was informed that his acft had been flown 1.6 hrs and had not been refueled. Further, he was told that the acft was booked by another plt in one hr. Plt elected to take the acft with partial fuel rather than incur refueling delay, estimating 2.4 hrs fuel remaining based on FBO information. After approx 1.5 hrs of flt, including 4TAKEOFFS, eng quit while in cruise flt returning to FBO airport. Plt attempted a forced landing on an interstate hwy but struck a power line on final approach. The acft then collided with the ground in uncontrolled flt. Post-mishap inspection showed fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24780
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280374
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lakefront Flight Specialties
- Registered owner
- Risk Management Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Stennis, MS
- Destination
- New Orleans, LA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 274 total · 25 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.