# Incident 19960209011769I: Cessna 152, Logansport, IN, February 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Logansport, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7481° N, 86.3547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logansport, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7481&lon=-86.3547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89648, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89648) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 63 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/19960209011769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 9, 1996, STUDENT PILOT, OSCAR GARCIA AGUIRRE, DEPARTED LANSING, IL (3HA) ON A STUDENT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HIS FIRST LEG WAS FROM LANSING TO PEORIA, IL (PIA) AND CONTINUING TO LAFAYETTE, IN (LAF). DURING THE PEORIA TO LAFAYETTE LEG, MR. AGUIRRE REPORTED BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IN FRONT OF HIM. HE REPORTED THAT HE DESCENDED TO STAY VFR. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT KEEP CLOSE TRACK OF TIME AS HE SHOULD HAVE. MR. AGUIRRE REPORTED THAT HE BEGAN TO LOOK FOR AN AIRPORT BUT BECAME LOST. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE REPORTED THE ENGINE BEGINNING TO SPUTTER AND SAW THE FUEL GAUGES READING EMPTY. MR. AGUIRRE MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVING NO DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. JOSE ANDRES CESPEDES WAS COUNSELED. DURING THE SESSION IT WAS REQUESTED THAT MR. CESPEDES CONDUCT ADDITIONAL FLIGHT TRAINING WITH MR. AGUIRRE AND TO HAVE MR. AGUIRRE CONDUCT ANOTHER SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT BEFORE BEING SIGNED OFF FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT FLIGHT CHECK.

## Other reports on N89648 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980814021019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980814021019A), Aug 14, 1998: Cessna 152 (N89648), Beecher, IL, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 14, 1998, at 2130 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N89648, received substantial damage on impact with terrain during a forced landing near…

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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