Cessna 152 N68303

Summary

On 13 April 1985 at about 08:11 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N68303, operated by Perry Flying Center, was involved in an accident near Franklin, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 April 1985 at 08:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Franklin, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

29.7996, -91.5091

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N68303

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Perry Flying Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaumont → Patterson

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW85FA180

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT CRASHED INTO A CRAWFISH POND DURING A FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT FOLLOWING A POWER LOSS AS A RESULT OF FUEL EXHAUSTION. AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PLT CONTACTED ARTCC AND STATED THAT HIS ALTERNATOR WAS OUT. WITH CENTER HELP, ALTERNATOR WAS RESTORED AND PLT CONT'D FLT. 2.3 HRS LATER, OBVIOUSLY LOST, THE PLT CALLED MAYDAY STATING HIS ALT WAS OUT, LOW ON GAS AND HE WAS LOSING RADIOS. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS 37 NM NE OF ACDT SITE AND WELL NORTH OF COURSE. ALT FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LOOSE PIN IN ALT TO ALT CTL UNIT CONNECTOR, WHICH DROPPED ALT EXCITATION FLD. PLT HAD EXPERIENCED ALT PROBLEM ON PREV FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.