Cessna 152II N4731H

Summary

On 8 December 1985 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 152II registered N4731H, operated by Rockwall Air SER., Inc., was involved in an accident near Frisco, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 December 1985 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Frisco, Texas, United States

Coordinates

33.1396, -96.8092

Aircraft

Cessna 152II

Registration

N4731H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rockwall Air SER., Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita Falls → McKinney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW86LPA08

Nobody was injured.

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

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED MCKINNEY MUNICIPAL ARPT AT APRX 1030 LCL EN ROUTE TO WICHITA FALLS, TX. HE SAID HE BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE EN ROUTE, BUT LANDED AT WICHITA FALLS AT APRX 1220 LCL. THE PLT DID NOT REFUEL THE ACFT. HE THEN DEPARTED WICHITA FALLS AT APRX 1240 LCL FOR THE RETURN FLT TO MCKINNEY. THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED DURING THE FLT. FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED AND THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FLD NEAR ALVORD, TX. HE AND A FARMER WENT TO DECATUR MUNICIPALARPT, BOUGHT 10 GALLONS OF FUEL AND FUELED THE ACFT. THE PLT TOOK OFF FROM THE FLD WITH THE INTENTION OF FLYING TO DECATUR MUNICIPAL TO TOP OFF THE TANKS. HE BECAME DISORIENTED ONCE AGAIN ON THE WAY TO DECATUR AND CONTACTED ADDISON TOWER FOR ASSISTANCE. WHILE BEING VECTORED, FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED ONCE AGAIN. THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN A FIELD DURING THE FORCED LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.