# Incident 19960801032449I: Cessna 152, Blythe, CA, August 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67294, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67294-2009-05-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 93 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960801032449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, A STUDENT PILOT BECAME "DISORIENTED". THE STUDENT ALSO NOTICED THAT HE WAS GETTING LOW ON FUEL AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THE LANDING WAS APPARENTLY WITH OUT INCIDENT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING EXTRACTED FROM AN ALFALFA FIELD, THE GROUND CREW DAMAGED THE WING SPAR ON THE LEFT WING. (NO GRASS STAINS OR SCRAPES WERE FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT, ONLY ROPE BURNS). NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N67294 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990421020299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990421020299I), Apr 21, 1999: Cessna 152 (N67294), Idaho Falls, ID, Minor damage. During practice landings at the ida airport and after two successful landings the pilot made a third landing. During the landing the winds apparently picked up…

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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