# Incident 19780526040059I: Cessna 152, Lebanon, IN, May 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1978, 15:45 local time
- Place: Lebanon, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0364° N, 86.4611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0364&lon=-86.4611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66948, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66948) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526040059I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE ACCELERATION BECAME POOR AND ROUGH. LANDED IN FIELD. OUT OF FUEL. GAUGES INACCURATE.

## Other reports on N66948 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240902015219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240902015219A), Sep 2, 2024: Cessna 152 (N66948), Amboy, CA, Substantial damage. On September 2, 2024, at approximately 10:30 local time, a Cessna 150 single-engine piston-powered fixed-wing aircraft, departed to the west from an airfield…
- [Incident 19820418017179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820418017179I), Apr 18, 1982: Cessna 152 (N66948), Escanaba, MI, Minor damage. Engine quit on climb-out. Made perfect emergency landing in muddy field. Hole burned in piston.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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