# Incident 19960828031649I: Cessna 152, San Diego, CA, August 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1996, 09:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1757E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 600 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828031649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: ON 8/28/96, PILOT DEPARTED MONTGOMERY FIELD, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON A LOCAL NEWS MEDIA HIGHWAY TRAFFIC WATCH ASSIGNMENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 HOURS LOCAL TIME THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AND HE HAD TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING ON THE EAST BOUND LANE OF HWY 52 IN SAN DIEGO. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT HITTING ANY OBSTRUCTIONS OR VEHICLES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. INVESTIGATION OF THIS OCCURRENCE DISCLOSED THAT THE PILOT HAD CAUSED FUEL EXHAUSTION TO OCCUR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC.

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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