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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Palm Beach, FL · April 24, 1991

Date
April 24, 1991 · 09:45 local
Place
Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5521H
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total210 in this make and model179 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.

Drop in RPM in flight. Used carburetor heat. Forced landing on dirt road.

As the FAA filed it

DROP IN RPM IN FLIGHT. USED CARBURETOR HEAT. FORCED LANDING ON DIRT ROAD.