# Incident 19950326009489I: Cessna 152, San Carlos, CA, March 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1995, 16:18 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24815, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24815-2012-11-01) (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: 99 total, 89 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950326009489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 26, 1995, MR. BROCK A. WOODWARD, A PRIVATE PILOT OPERATOR OF A CESSNA, MODEL 152, N24815 STATED THAT AT 16:18 PST, THREE MILES SOUTH OF WOODSIDE VOR WHILE IN CLIMBING ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT REGAINED POWER IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT, HOWEVER LOST POWER THREE SEPARATE TIMES, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL POWER LOSS. THE PILOT RADIOED A MAYDAY DISTRESS TO SAN CARLOS CONTROL TOWER. HE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING AT TOP OF HILL ON EASTERN SLOPE TO SKYLINE BOULEVARD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE ENGINE QUIT. NO PILOT DEVIATION, AND NO 8020-11 WERE GENERATED. THIS TERMINATES THE INVESTIGATION AND CLOSES THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N24815 (1)

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

- [Accident 19901012048552A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901012048552A), Oct 12, 1990: Cessna 152 (N24815), Watsonville, CA, Substantial damage. While holding for takeoff wing tip was struck by N65544 that began to taxi from holding area. Was too close to prop

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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