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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Seward, NE · August 2, 1998

Date: August 2, 1998 · 18:05 local
Place: Seward, NE
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N49950
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 420 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N49950Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15281410 · Built 1978 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 was returning to lincoln, NE, from round trip flight to cambridge, NE, when the engine started running rough. The piot landed in a stuble field 18 miles west of lincoln, NE. The pilot sumped the tanks and found the right tank empty and was only able to drain a little fuel from the left tank. A mechanic looked at the aircraft and found no discrepancies. The operator put 15 gallons of fuel in the tank and the engine ran satisfactorily.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS RETURNING TO LINCOLN, NE, FROM ROUND TRIP FLIGHT TO CAMBRIDGE, NE, WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE PIOT LANDED IN A STUBLE FIELD 18 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN, NE. THE PILOT SUMPED THE TANKS AND FOUND THE RIGHT TANK EMPTY AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRAIN A LITTLE FUEL FROM THE LEFT TANK. A MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. THE OPERATOR PUT 15 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANK AND THE ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORILY.