# NTSB FTW86LA040: Cessna 152, N714UU, Flynn, TX, January 21, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 21, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Flynn, TX
- Coordinates: 31.139364, -96.119674 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1394&lon=-96.1197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21996/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA040

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT ABOUT 9 MILES SHORT OF THE PILOT'S PLANNED DESTINATION. HE MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. AFTER ROLLING ABOUT 75 FEET THE AIRPLANE WHEELS BOGGED IN AND IT FLIPPED INVERTED. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, MR. JERRELL CROSBY, STATED HE SUSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SUPPLY WAS EXHAUSTED WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. HE WAS CONTACTED AGAIN, AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED, TO SEE IF ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. AT THIS TIME HE STATED HIS EARLIER SUSPICIONS WERE CONFIRMED AND THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N714UU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279450
- Airframe hours: 2390
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aviation Professionals
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 68F, TEAGUE, TX
- Destination: NORMANGEE, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 127 total, 14 in this make and model, 88 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °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 19860121001559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860121001559A), Jan 21, 1986: Cessna 152, Flynn, TX, Substantial damage. Fuel exhausted in flight. Aircraft flipped over during landing in a field.

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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