# Incident 19990831025579I: Cessna 152, Shelby, NC, August 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1999, 19:45 local time
- Place: Shelby, NC
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2904° N, 81.5456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelby, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2904&lon=-81.5456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89288, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89288-2007-10-15) (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: 5,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990831025579I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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