# Incident 19960709027209I: Cessna 152, Baltimore, MD, July 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1996, 11:35 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67951, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67951-2015-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960709027209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE A NORMAL TAKEOFF UNTIL HE WAS ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE ENGINE RPM DECAYED. HE MANAGED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FLYING STRAIGHT AHEAD TO LAND IN A FIELD WITHOUT ANY INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BURN MARK ON THE NUMBER 3 EXHAUST VALVE WHICH INDICATED THAT A PIECE OF CARBON HAD PASSED THROUGH THE ENGINE. SINCE THIS WAS A TRANSIENT OCCURRENCE, THIS CASE IS CLOSED.

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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