# Incident 19861230076849I: Cessna 152, Batavia, NY, December 30, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1986, 15:15 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Airport: Genesee County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0318° N, 78.1697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEE COUNTY (GVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0318&lon=-78.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89405, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89405-1996-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861230076849I

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE FAILED DURING TRAFFIC PATTERN OPERATIONS. CARBURETOR ICING IS SUSPECTED. LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N89405 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960815035779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960815035779A), Aug 15, 1996: Cessna 152 (N89405), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Impacted runway hard nosewheel first. Jammed nose gear into cowling. Wrinkled fuselage and wings. Curled propeller.

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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