# Incident 19960729033769I: Cessna 152, Abernat, AL, July 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1996, 12:10 local time
- Place: Abernat, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N46271, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46271-1997-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960729033769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THOMAS MAZINGO, STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, DEPARTED GREENSBORO, AL , AT APPROXIMATELY 11:26 AM ON 7-29-96 FOR BHM FIELD. MR. MAZINGO STATED THAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 40 MIN. OF FLIGHT TIME THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT. MR. MAZINGO NOTIFIED THE BHM TOWER AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NE OF THE BROOKWOOD VOR. DURING THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION BY THIS OFFICE, INSPECTORS DRAINED THE GASCOLATOR AT THE LOWEST POINT IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND PRODUCED ZERO FUEL; FUEL STICK INSERTED IN THE WING TANKS DID NOT WET. (TRIED NOSE DOWN AND WINGS LEVEL.) THIS SATISFIES LEVEL 3 FOR JTL 1.4.4 WITH INSPECTOR ELLIOT.

## Other reports on N46271 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840822049812A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840822049812A), Aug 22, 1984: Cessna 152 (N46271), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. While waiting for takeoff clearance, aircrafts tail struck by propeller of a taxiing stearman N711RS.

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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