# Incident 19811101083139I: Cessna 170A, St Petersburg, FL, November 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1981, 09:40 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1352D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1352D-1995-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811101083139I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER WHEN PILOT SWITCHED TO BOTH TANKS ON APPROACH.  PILOT DID NOT SWITCH BACK.  SOME WATER IN FUEL.

## Other reports on N1352D (1)

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

- [Accident 19870315005879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870315005879A), Mar 15, 1987: Cessna 170A (N1352D), Brandon, FL, Substantial damage. The right main gear separated from the aircraft during a hard landing. The pilot may have applied brakes in flare.

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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