# Incident 19910115002749I: Cessna 152, Gautier, MS, January 15, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1991, 21:15 local time
- Place: Gautier, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4062° N, 88.6593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gautier, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4062&lon=-88.6593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5543L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5543L-1995-06-15) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 102 total, 70 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910115002749I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE. FORCED LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. FOUND NR3 CYLINDER HAD BLOWN.

## Other reports on N5543L (1)

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

- [Incident 19810706057559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810706057559I), Jul 6, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5543L), Montgomery, AL, Minor damage. Student second solo bounced on landing. Nose gear collapsed.

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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