# Incident 19970528017709I: Cessna 152, Brownsville, TX, May 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1997, 15:54 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89735, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89735) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970528017709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 28, 1997, A CESSNA 152 MODEL CE-152-152, N89735 FLOWN BY STUDENT PILOT ,PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, EMERGENCY LANDED IN A FIELD 6 NM NE OF THE BROWNSVILLE INT'L AIRPORT, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH ENGINE AND WHILE IN THE PATTERN HE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT AND LANDED IN A NEARBY FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER REVIEWING THIS INCIDENT IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO CARB. ICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED.

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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