# Incident 19961006045089I: Cessna 152, Medina, OH, October 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Medina, OH
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1346° N, 81.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1346&lon=-81.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757SJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757SJ-2004-11-04) (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: 650 total, 250 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961006045089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED HE WAS OPERATING AT 500 FEET TAKING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES IN RURAL AREAS OF MEDINA COUNTY, OHIO. WITNESSES REPORTED PILOT WAS OPERATING AT 500 FEET AND BELOW OVER CONGESTED AND POPULATED AREAS. WITNESSES REPORTED PILOT WAS MAKING ABRUPT ALTITUDE AND ATTITUDE CHANGES.

## Other reports on N757SJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19890726041679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890726041679I), Jul 26, 1989: Cessna 152 (N757SJ), Kokomo, IN. Engine failed. Forced landing in field without incident. Carburetor was malfunctioning.

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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