# Incident 19970408005369I: Cessna 152, Purcell, OK, April 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1997, 10:05 local time
- Place: Purcell, OK
- Airport: Chandler Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7241° N, 96.8203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER RGNL (CQB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7241&lon=-96.8203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4655P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4655P) (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: 150 total, 120 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970408005369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 8, 1997, AT CHANDLER FIELD, PURCELL, OK, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 152, N4655P, WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES. DURING TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER: PILOT CUT POWER AND HIT BRAKES. DUE TO SHORT FIELD AND LAKE AT END OF RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY AND HIT CABLE FENCE ON PARK ROAD. LEFT HAND WINDSHIELD BROKEN AND PAINT SCRAPED ON UPPER COWLING. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N4655P (3)

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

- [Incident 19930526019169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930526019169I), May 26, 1993: Cessna 152 (N4655P), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Student pilot made a hard landing.
- [Accident 19851214076139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851214076139A), Dec 14, 1985: Cessna 152 (N4655P), Aurora, IL, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff due to low airspeed reading and landed nose low. Airspeed indicator reading 8 to 10 knots low.
- [Incident 19850910058859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850910058859I), Sep 10, 1985: Cessna 152 (N4655P), Aurora, IL. CFI did not follow nor acknowledge ATC taxi instructions. Pulled onto active runway with traffic on final.

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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