# Incident 19810131016139I: Cessna 152, Boswell, IN, January 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1981, 22:10 local time
- Place: Boswell, IN
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5172° N, 87.3753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boswell, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5172&lon=-87.3753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49209, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49209-2010-02-18) (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: 175 total, 120 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/19810131016139I

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE.

## Other reports on N49209 (4)

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

- [Accident 19950728020899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950728020899A), Jul 28, 1995: Cessna 152 (N49209), Raton, NM, Substantial damage. Trouble with gusty winds landing. On fourth try bounced and porpoised after hard landing. Crosswind and downwind.
- [Accident 19881216054609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216054609A), Dec 16, 1988: Cessna 152 (N49209), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel three miles short of destination. Landing on icy road struck a pole. Blamed excessive head wind.
- [Accident 19871103066139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871103066139A), Nov 3, 1987: Cessna 152 (N49209), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. Sharp curve in taxiway. Dark night,pilot taxied off side of the taxiway into a depression in the ground. Nosed over
- [Accident 19851201058559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851201058559A), Dec 1, 1985: Cessna 152 (N49209), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. Encountered a slick spot on the snow packed runway on landing. Went off runway side, hit snowbank and nosed over.

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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