19990129037969I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Laverne, CA · January 29, 1999

Date
January 29, 1999 · 14:33 local
Place
Laverne, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N68229
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total300 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On approach to kpoc, pilot reported rough running engine. Pilot advised that he would not make the runway. Pilot landed safely at the pomona fairgrounds. Pomona city fire and police responded to the scene. Aircraft was towed to the southeast corner of the airport where 5 gallons of fuel were put into the left tank and the engine ran with no problems. Fuel receipts show that after the 5 gallons were added and the engine ran, a total of 22.6 gallons of fuel was putin the aircraft the next morning. Total fuel capacity of a C-152 is 24.5 gallons usable fuel. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO KPOC, PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. PILOT ADVISED THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY. PILOT LANDED SAFELY AT THE POMONA FAIRGROUNDS. POMONA CITY FIRE AND POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT WHERE 5 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE PUT INTO THE LEFT TANK AND THE ENGINE RAN WITH NO PROBLEMS. FUEL RECEIPTS SHOW THAT AFTER THE 5 GALLONS WERE ADDED AND THE ENGINE RAN, A TOTAL OF 22.6 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS PUTIN THE AIRCRAFT THE NEXT MORNING. TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY OF A C-152 IS 24.5 GALLONS USABLE FUEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^