# Incident 19850817052169I: Cessna 152, Lansing, MI, August 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1985, 09:44 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24993, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24993-1998-11-02) (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: 2,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850817052169I

## Narrative

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

HEARD BANG FROM ENGINE FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION LANDED IN FIELD. EXHAUST VALVE HEAD ON NUMBER 3 CYLINDER SEPARATED.

## Other reports on N24993 (2)

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

- [Incident 19870125004729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870125004729I), Jan 25, 1987: Cessna 152 (N24993), Belen, NM, Minor damage. Solo student lost directional control during crosswind landing, struck a snowbank.
- [Accident 19790418006929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790418006929A), Apr 18, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24993), Negaunee, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot aborted touch and go landing. Ran off end of runway and overturned.

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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