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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Central City, IA · September 20, 2001

Date: September 20, 2001 · 15:30 local
Place: Central City, IA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N65485
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,800 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N65485Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2017 · Cessna 152S/N 15281582 · 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.

(-23) Aircraft was in cruise at 3000'. Pilot placed carb heat "on". Engine quit. All attempts to restart, engine failed. Aircraft landed in cornfield and flipped over. No injuries reported. No problems were found upon inspection of the fuel, ignition, and induction systems. Engine compression check was satisfactory. No other problems were found which could contribute to the engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE AT 3000'. PILOT PLACED CARB HEAT "ON". ENGINE QUIT. ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART, ENGINE FAILED. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN CORNFIELD AND FLIPPED OVER. NO INJURIES REPORTED. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND UPON INSPECTION OF THE FUEL, IGNITION, AND INDUCTION SYSTEMS. ENGINE COMPRESSION CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY. NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE.