# Incident 19881216067639I: Cessna 152, St Petersburg, FL, December 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757YM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757YM) (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: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216067639I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. FORCED LANDING ON ROAD. FOUND A CONNECTING ROD BOLT HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N757YM (1)

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

- [Accident 20230410003979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230410003979A), Apr 10, 2023: Cessna 152 (N757YM), Danbury, CT, Destroyed. On March 10, 2023 at approximately 1750 EST, aircraft lost power and crashed in a residential area striking a house and coming to rest against an adjacent home…

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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