Accident · 1995-06-20

NTSB case FTW95LA255 · CESSNA 152 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1995-06-20
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: CESSNA 152 (N45936)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Alpine Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ALPINE AVIATION

Probable cause

THE PILOT BECAME LOST AND DISORIENTED, RESULTING IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS WERE THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING AND THE OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT.

Source: NTSB case FTW95LA255

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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