NTSB Identification: FTW84LA411.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 26646.
Accident occurred Sunday, September 30, 1984 in HOUSTON, TX
Aircraft: CESSNA 152, registration: N64902
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.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.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS..NOT PERFORMED..PILOT IN COMMAND
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PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
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OBJECT..FENCE
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INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS..PILOT IN COMMAND
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INSTRUCTIONS,WRITTEN/VERBAL..DISREGARDED..PILOT IN COMMAND
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TOTAL..PILOT IN COMMAND
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