# Incident 19980729028609I: Cessna 152, Sacramento, CA, July 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1998, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Executive
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67567, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67567) (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: 200 total, 170 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980729028609I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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