# Incident 19980802032189I: Cessna 152, Seward, NE, August 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1998, 18:05 local time
- Place: Seward, NE
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9092° N, 97.0961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seward, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9092&lon=-97.0961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49950, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49950) (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: 420 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980802032189I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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