# Incident 19980415008869I: Cessna 152, Parkersburg, WV, April 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1998, 14:20 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Wood County Airport Gill Robb
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2613° N, 81.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parkersburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2613&lon=-81.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757RM-2007-12-28) (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: 150 total, 100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980415008869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING CLIMB AIRMAN EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BROKEN VALVE KEEPER ON NO. 2 CYLINDER. VALVE REMAINED OPEN RESULTING IN LOSS OF COMPRESSION. NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO PISTON OR CYLINDER. ENGINE TOTAL TIME 3900.3. TIME SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL 823.3 APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS SINCE LAST 100 HOUR INSPECTION DONE ON APRIL 7, 1998.

## Other reports on N757RM (2)

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

- [Accident 19901020046619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901020046619A), Oct 20, 1990: Cessna 152 (N757RM), Clarksburg, WV, Substantial damage. Saw deer on runway, aborted and swerved but left horizontal stabilizer struck one of the deer.
- [Incident 19851117069439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851117069439I), Nov 17, 1985: Cessna 152 (N757RM), Morgantown, WV. Glided to runway after engine quit due to fuel starvation. Evidence of fuel siphoning and caps were replaced.

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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