# Incident 19950105005119I: Cessna 152, Wittenberg, WI, January 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1995, 13:30 local time
- Place: Wittenberg, WI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8269° N, 89.1666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wittenberg, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8269&lon=-89.1666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5523M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5523M-2005-10-17) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 125 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/19950105005119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 05, 1995, AT 1330 CDT A CESSNA, CE-152-152, US REGISTRY N5523M MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A HAY FIELD 3 MILES NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 45 AND 29 NEAR THE TOWN OF WITTENBURG, SHAWANO COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND ROLLED TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE (1) PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT, CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR PART 91, ORIGINATED AT GREENWOOD/WONDER LAKE-GALT (10C), ILLINOIS ON JANUARY 5, 1995, WITH THE DESTINATION BEING RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN, STOPPING AT JUNEAU, WISCONSIN AND DEPARTING JUNEAU, WISCONSIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CST. THE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PRECIPITATED BY A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE PILOT, SUSPECTING CARBURETOR ICING, PULLED THE CARBURETOR HEAT. THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHER THEN DETERIORATED, LOSING POWER. AS THE ENGINE POWER DETERIORATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. THE FORCED LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT RAN THE ENGINE TO FULL POWER WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE IN THE FIELD AND DETERMINED IT WAS SAFE FOR FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM THE FIELD TO ITS HOME BASE WHERE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AGAIN INSPECTED THE AIRFRAME AND PERFORMED FURTHER TESTS ON THE ENGINE. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THIS INCIDENT AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5523M (1)

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

- [Incident 19910814051389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910814051389I), Aug 14, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5523M), Lake In The Hil, IL. Fuel exhaustion on a crosscountry flight. Forced landing in a farm field.

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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