# Accident 19920707023989A: Cessna 152, Putnam, CT, July 7, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1992, 14:15 local time
- Place: Putnam, CT
- Airport: Toutant Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9557° N, 72.0544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOUTANT (C44), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9557&lon=-72.0544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68215, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68215) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 136 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920707023989A

## Narrative

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

LOST PARTIAL POWER. TRIED TO LAND. STALLED. STRUCK TREE. NR4 CYLINDER CRACKED WHERE BARREL AND HEAD ARE JOINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO92LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA090), Jul 7, 1992: Cessna 152 (N68215), Woodstock, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO A CRACKED CYLINDER AND THE INADVERTENT AERODYNAMIC STALL THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PRECUATIONARY LANDING.

## Other reports on N68215 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870716046461I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870716046461I), Jul 16, 1987: Cessna 152 (N68215), Burlington, CT, Minor damage. During runup pilot allowed aircraft to creep forward. The wingtip struck the left aileron of N94784 ahead in line.

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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