Cessna 152 N66942

Summary

On 26 May 1985 at about 04:15 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N66942 was involved in an accident near Concord, California, 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

26 May 1985 at 04:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Concord, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N66942

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reno → Hayward

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA85LA125

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 ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES DURING A NIGHT FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PLT HAD FLOWN FROM CONCORD, CA, TO RENO, NV, AND WAS RETURNING TO CONCORD WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PLT WAS RECENTLY CHECKED OUT IN THE ACFT AND WAS USED TO FLYING MOONEYS. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT REFUEL THE ACFT PRIOR TO DEPARTING RENO BECAUSE HE FEARED THE ACFT PERFORMANCE WOULD BE DETERIORATED AND HE HAD TO CROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.