# Incident 20000221018659I: Cessna 152, Apalachicola, FL, February 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2000, 14:14 local time
- Place: Apalachicola, FL
- Airport: Apalachicola Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7275° N, 85.0275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Apalachicola Regional Airport (AAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7275&lon=-85.0275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5290B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5290B-2008-09-05) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 80 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000221018659I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON FEBUARY 21, 2000, AT 1414 MST, A CESSNA 152, N5290B, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA O^, MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT BIGGS AIRFIELD, FT. BLISS, TX. WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO TO EL PASO, TEXAS. VISUAL,METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT ON FILE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NEITHER THE PILOT OF THE PASSANGER WERE INJURIED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE SANTA TERESA AIRPORT, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO, ON FEBRUARY 21, 2000, AT 1330 MST.

## Other reports on N5290B (1)

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

- [Accident 20041028026749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041028026749A), Oct 28, 2004: Cessna 152 (N5290B), Santa Teresa, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 28, 2004, at 0820 MDT, a Cessna 152, N5290B, registered to ttea inc., ran off the left side of the runway and flipped during takeoff on runway…

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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