# Incident 19880517033259I: Cessna 152, St Louis, MO, May 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1988, 18:37 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69203, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69203-1991-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517033259I

## Narrative

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

HAD ENGINE ROUGHNESS. LOSS OF RPM. LANDED ON SERVICE ROAD NEXT TO AIRPORT. TAPPET AND JAM NUT LOOSE AND BACKED OUT.

## Other reports on N69203 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860223018919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860223018919I), Feb 23, 1986: Cessna 152 (N69203), Washington, MO. Flew under bridge and powerlines over a river. Public complaint stated aircraft was 20 feet above the water.

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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