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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Leesburg, VA · March 31, 1979

Date
March 31, 1979 · 12:12 local
Place
Leesburg, VA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N24273
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total350 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Oil pressure dropped after lift off, instructor made a dead stick landing. Oil filter had been installed backward.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AFTER LIFT OFF, INSTRUCTOR MADE A DEAD STICK LANDING. OIL FILTER HAD BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARD.