# Incident 19840917073059I: Cessna 152, Van Nuys, CA, September 17, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1984, 17:30 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48845, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48845-1999-12-15) (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: 150 total, 150 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/19840917073059I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH BEFORE QUITTING. FUEL GAUGE SHOWED QUARTER FULL. LANDED IN OPEN AREA. BOTH TANKS EMPTY.

## Other reports on N48845 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990507004779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990507004779A), May 7, 1999: Cessna 152 (N48845), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Acft engine quit on final approach, and the acft struck trees and a power pole then crashed and flipped over, other circumstances are unknown. (From .19) on…

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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