# Incident 19880328015599I: Cessna 152, Gaithersburg, MD, March 28, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1988, 13:50 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65455, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65455-2005-08-01) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880328015599I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON A TAKEOFF ROLL WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HIT A TREE.

## Other reports on N65455 (2)

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

- [Accident 20031203033829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031203033829A), Dec 3, 2003: Cessna 152 (N65455), Waterford, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. FAA inspectors on scene found that there was no usable fuel in the fuel tanks, lines, or…
- [Incident 19920901038299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920901038299I), Sep 1, 1992: Cessna 152 (N65455), West Friendship, MD. Student pilot became lost on VFR crosscountry flight. Forced landing in field due to fuel exhaustion.

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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