19810816049689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Topeka, KS · August 16, 1981

Date
August 16, 1981 · 16:30 local
Place
Topeka, KS
Airport
Billard
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N66949
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total90 in this make and model35 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.

Za engine lost power. Bugs plugged fuel tank vent line. Fuel tank cap vent valve stuck.

As the FAA filed it

ZA ENGINE LOST POWER. BUGS PLUGGED FUEL TANK VENT LINE. FUEL TANK CAP VENT VALVE STUCK.

Other reports on N66949 · 2

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