# Incident 19851117069439I: Cessna 152, Morgantown, WV, November 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1985, 13:20 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal Walter L Bill
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757RM-2007-12-28) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851117069439I

## Narrative

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

GLIDED TO RUNWAY AFTER ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. EVIDENCE OF FUEL SIPHONING AND CAPS WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N757RM (2)

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

- [Incident 19980415008869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980415008869I), Apr 15, 1998: Cessna 152 (N757RM), Parkersburg, WV. Narrative: during climb airman experienced loss of power and returned to departure airport. Investigation revealed broken valve keeper on no. 2 cylinder. Valve…
- [Accident 19901020046619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901020046619A), Oct 20, 1990: Cessna 152 (N757RM), Clarksburg, WV, Substantial damage. Saw deer on runway, aborted and swerved but left horizontal stabilizer struck one of the deer.

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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