Cessna 140 N89128
2 March 1985 · Hawesville, Kentucky, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 March 1985 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N89128 was involved in an accident near Hawesville, Kentucky, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hawesville, Kentucky, United States
- Coordinates
- 37.8905, -86.7508
- Aircraft
- Cessna 140
- Registration
- N89128
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lordsburg → Hawesville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL85LA130
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 PLT WAS ON A FLT FROM LORDSBURG, NM, TO MANSFIELD, OH, AND COULD NOT FIND HANCOCK COUNTY AIRPORT, HAWESVILLE, KY. WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PLT SAID THAT HE PLANNED TO REFUEL AT HANCOCK CO. AIRPORT, BUT GOT CAUGHT ABOVE A CLOUD LAYER AND COULD NO FIND THE ARPT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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