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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Sacramento, CA · July 29, 1998

Date: July 29, 1998 · 14:15 local
Place: Sacramento, CA
Airport: Executive
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N67567
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total170 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N67567Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15281916 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed eugene, Oregon enroute to Sacramento California. In the Sacramento area, while under air traffic radar services, he received vectors around the international airport which caused some unexpected delay. In the descent to Sacramento Executive, the pilot reported was having engine problems. Aircraft lost power in the final descent and landed short of the airport. Inspeciton of the aircraft indicated that fuel tanks had little fuel in them.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED EUGENE, OREGON ENROUTE TO SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA. IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA, WHILE UNDER AIR TRAFFIC RADAR SERVICES, HE RECEIVED VECTORS AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH CAUSED SOME UNEXPECTED DELAY. IN THE DESCENT TO SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE, THE PILOT REPORTED WAS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS. AIRCRAFT LOST POWER IN THE FINAL DESCENT AND LANDED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. INSPECITON OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT FUEL TANKS HAD LITTLE FUEL IN THEM.