# Incident 19880120007979I: Cessna 152, Pittsburgh, PA, January 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1988, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh Metro Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93831, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93831) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 433 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120007979I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO SOFT GROUND.

## Other reports on N93831 (1)

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

- [Incident 20190922018239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190922018239I), Sep 22, 2019: Cessna 152 (N93831), St Augustine, FL, No damage. Upwind after takeoff, around 400 ft experienced significant power loss, could not climb above 5-600 ft. turned towards runway 24 to avoid flying over…

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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