# Incident 19911204058529I: Cessna 152, Denver, CO, December 4, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1991, 14:40 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25339, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25339-2017-06-22) (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: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911204058529I

## Narrative

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

THROTTLE CABLE BROKE ON DOWNWIND LEG. PULLED OUT OF PANEL. CABLE BROKE AT THE ATTACH POINT OF CONTROL KNOB SHAFT.

## Other reports on N25339 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930801032679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930801032679I), Aug 1, 1993: Cessna 152 (N25339), Byers, CO, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on a crosscountry flight. Forced landing in a field. Pilot stated he computed fuel incorrectly.
- [Incident 19791114056049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791114056049I), Nov 14, 1979: Cessna 152 (N25339), Akron, CO, Minor damage. During landing, student ballooned aircraft, struck nose gear hard, veered off runway. Damaged nose, prop, wing.

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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