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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Irvine, CA · June 17, 1989

Date
June 17, 1989 · 15:56 local
Place
Irvine, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25358
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
375 total25 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine failed on approach. Landed on road. Swerved to miss cyclist. Ran up an embankment. Suspect fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON APPROACH. LANDED ON ROAD. SWERVED TO MISS CYCLIST. RAN UP AN EMBANKMENT. SUSPECT FUEL EXHAUSTION.