# Incident 19960120000829I: Cessna 152, Raleigh, NC, January 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Triple W Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6203° N, 78.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Triple W Airport (5W5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6203&lon=-78.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120000829I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. GEORGE BOWERS, CFI, DEPARTED 5W5 AIRPORT WITH A STUDENT PILOT ON A VFR TRAINING FLIGHT. DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY ACQUIRED CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL POSITIONED OVER THE RUNWAY, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA LONG THE TREELINE, UNABLE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP, IT CONTINUED INTO A SMALL CREEK AND CAME TO REST SUBMERGED IN WATER WITH ONLY APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET OF THE AIRCRAFT WINGS BEING VISIBLE. THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUSTAINED NO VISIBLE OR REPORTED INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VERY LITTLE DAMAGE, ONLY TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT AND ONE BLADE OF THE TWO BLADED PROPELLER BEING BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES FROM THE TIP. INCIDENT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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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