# Incident 19810816049689I: Cessna 152, Topeka, KS, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Billard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66949, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66949-2013-08-20) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 90 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049689I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19900314007839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900314007839A), Mar 14, 1990: Cessna 152 (N66949), Mims, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot ran aircraft out of fuel and crash landed in a pasture.
- [Accident 19810712039929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712039929A), Jul 12, 1981: Cessna 152 (N66949), Liberty, MO, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing due to 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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