# Incident 20000404022759I: Cessna 152, East Grand Fork, MN, April 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2000, 12:55 local time
- Place: East Grand Fork, MN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9286° N, 97.0138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Grand Forks, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9286&lon=-97.0138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4646L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4646L-2002-04-10) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 13 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000404022759I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 4, 2000 AT 1255 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 152 REGISTERED TO GFK LEASING ENCOUNTERED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER DURING CRUIS FLIGHT WHILE ON A INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHTPLAN WAS FILED.  THE PIC MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITH NO DMAAGE RESULTING AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE PIC HOLDS A CFI CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE GRAND FORKS, ND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GFK).  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND #4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE TO NOT BE OPERATING DUE TO LOSS OF PROPER ADJUSTMENT OF ROCKER SHAFT.  LOCKNUT AND ADJUSTER BACKED OUT DUE TO IMPROPER TORQUE OF LOCKNUT.

## Other reports on N4646L (1)

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

- [Accident 19811110072999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811110072999A), Nov 10, 1981: Cessna 152 (N4646L), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing resulting in substantial damage.

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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