# Incident 19880408041209I: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, April 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1988, 18:01 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5298M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5298M-2018-03-15) (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: 96 total, 96 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880408041209I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AIRPORT.CORRECTED ERROR AND PROCEEDED FT.WORTH. FORGOT TO CONTACT TOWER WHEN LANDING

## Other reports on N5298M (2)

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

- [Incident 19840815048319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840815048319I), Aug 15, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5298M), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot became lost on airport and struck a lightpole after taxiing onto a city street.
- [Incident 19810926067689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810926067689I), Sep 26, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5298M), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Zy person unknown stole aircraft. Taxied aircraft into PA28R. Also damaged were a C152 and C182. Police checking.

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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