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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Palmdale, CA · December 20, 1990

Date
December 20, 1990 · 13:30 local
Place
Palmdale, CA
Airport
Palmdale Prodn Flt Test Instl
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5470B
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total110 in this make and model30 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.

Pilot contacted ATC and declared emergency due to low fuel. Landed safely. Winds aloft higher than forcast.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW FUEL. LANDED SAFELY. WINDS ALOFT HIGHER THAN FORCAST.

Other reports on N5470B · 1

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