# Incident 19960826029629I: Cessna 152, Nassau, Bahamas, August 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Airport: International Airport
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N48204, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48204) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960826029629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 28L, VFR AND WAS CONDUCTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. ONE MILE NORTH OF TORREY PINES THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS IN OIL PRESSURE AND OIL SPRAY ON THE WINDSHIELD. HE RADIOED MYF TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. ATC CLEARED PILOT TO LAND AT NAS MIRAMAR PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 06L WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. EXAMINATION OF NUMBER TWO CYLINDER INDICATED INTERNAL DAMAGE. PISTON FAILURE. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N48204 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950313007689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950313007689I), Mar 13, 1995: Cessna 152 (N48204), San Diego, CA. Narrative: on March 13, 1995, at 1500 PDT, terry meyer, pilot in command of N48204, a Cessna model 152 airplane, made a safe forced landing on a street between…

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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