# Incident 19990709022929I: Cessna 152, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1999, 13:10 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24956, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24956-2012-10-18) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990709022929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FIRST SOLO STUDENT PILOT X-C FLIGHT. FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CDW TO HVN - DEPARTED HVN TO KPOU.  REFULED AT POU DEPARTED RUNWAY 24 POU ON CLIMB OUT ENGINE QUIT, DECLARED EMERGENCY.  LANDED RUNWAY 6 WITHOUT INCIDENT/CFR RESPONDED.  INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE REVEALED #3 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.  ENGINE HOURS SINCE SMO 2810.

## Other reports on N24956 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790202002079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790202002079A), Feb 2, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24956), Latrobe, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot let aircraft drift into a snow bank on takeoff.

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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