# Incident 19950313007689I: Cessna 152, San Diego, CA, March 13, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1995, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CLWS
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48204, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48204) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950313007689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 13, 1995, AT 1500 PDT, TERRY MEYER, PILOT IN COMMAND OF N48204, A CESSNA MODEL 152 AIRPLANE, MADE A SAFE FORCED LANDING ON A STREET BETWEEN BLACK MT. RD AND GALVIN RD, IN MIRA MESA, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF ENGINE FAILURE OF OFF AIRPORT LANDING. PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, ENGINE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED WATER CONTAMINATION AS A PROBABLE CAUSE. ENGINE FUEL FILTER BOWL CONTAINED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF WATER WHICH WOULD CAUSE ENGINE TO QUIT. WHEN WATER WAS DRAINED AND AIRCRAFT REFUELED ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY. NEITHER MEYER NOR HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO A NMAC OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N48204 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960826029629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960826029629I), Aug 26, 1996: Cessna 152 (N48204), Nassau, Bahamas, Damage unknown. Narrative: pilot departed runway 28L, VFR and was conducting an instructional flight when the aircraft engine began to run rough. One mile north of torrey…

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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