# Incident 19800805081399I: Cessna 152, Gainesville, FL, August 5, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1980, 17:13 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67843, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67843-1988-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,148 total, 320 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/19800805081399I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE LOST POWER. FOUND BENT PUSH ROD.

## Other reports on N67843 (2)

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

- [Accident 19870502060962A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870502060962A), May 2, 1987: Cessna 152 (N67843), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Solo students aircraft struck by wing of N152LG while on final. Aircraft porpoised, departed runway, struck N151LG.
- [Accident 19801201071859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801201071859A), Dec 1, 1980: Cessna 152 (N67843), Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot on cross-country crashed during emergency landing. Investigation indicates fuel exhaustion.

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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