# Incident 19960728027219I: Cessna 152, Middletown, MD, July 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, MD
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4413° N, 77.5353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4413&lon=-77.5353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68234, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68234) (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: 574 total, 300 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728027219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING MANEUVERED IN A POWER-OFF STALL PRACTICE PROCEDURE AT 2,500 FEET MSL. UPON RECOVERY FROM THE MANEUVER, THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED AND ONLY 1500 RPM WAS PRODUCED BY THE ENGINE. A SYSTEM CHECK OF THE MAGNETOS AND FUEL ALONG WITH CARB HEAT WAS PERFORMED, WHICH PRODUCED NO CORRECTION OR CHANGE IN RPM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET INTO AN OFF POWER GLIDE ATTITUDE AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND LANDING MADE IN FIELD. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A PIECE OF THE FLAPPER VALVE FROM THE CARBURETOR HEAT BOX HAD BROKEN OFF INTO THE CARBURETOR. THE VALVE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND FLOWN OUT OF THE FIELD. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THIS OFFICE.

## Other reports on N68234 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970731040319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970731040319I), Jul 31, 1997: Cessna 152 (N68234), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. Narrative: student pilot had hard landing on runway 5 at fdk resulting in damage to the nose landing gear. No injuries. [privacy data omitted]

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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