19990831025579I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Shelby, NC · August 31, 1999

Date: August 31, 1999 · 19:45 local
Place: Shelby, NC
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N89288
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total2,500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N89288Registration cancelled Oct 15, 2007 · Cessna 152S/N 15282702 · 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.

The pilot was doing step turns and power off stalls. Pilot decided to do a power on stall. After the nose dropped the engine lost power and started running rough. Pilot tried to recover power but could not. Headed back to the a/p and decided he was not going to make the a/p. pilot decided to land on highway about 1 1/2 miles from a/p. pilot landed without any injuries or damage to aircraft and ground area.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS DOING STEP TURNS AND POWER OFF STALLS. PILOT DECIDED TO DO A POWER ON STALL. AFTER THE NOSE DROPPED THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT TRIED TO RECOVER POWER BUT COULD NOT. HEADED BACK TO THE A/P AND DECIDED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE A/P. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES FROM A/P. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND GROUND AREA.