# Incident 19930722030889I: Cessna 172, Clear Lake, CA, July 22, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1993, 06:48 local time
- Place: Clear Lake, CA
- Airport: Pearce Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9344° N, 122.6232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pearce Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9344&lon=-122.6232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5638A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5638A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 88 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930722030889I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF PILOT FELT ENGINE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. ABORTED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED END OF RUNWAY. STOPPED IN DITCH.

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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