# Incident 20011223037299I: Cessna 152, Cypress, TX, December 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2001, 16:15 local time
- Place: Cypress, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9691° N, 95.6972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cypress, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9691&lon=-95.6972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95153, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95153-2020-01-10) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011223037299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A STEEP TURN, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND EXECUTED ENGINE PROCEDURES. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED BUT DID NOT HELP. THE ENGINE SURGED BETWEEN 1500 AND 1700 RPM AND THEN DROPPED TO 1300 RPM. THE AIRCRAFT SHOOK WHEN SET-UP FOR BEST GLIDE. COULD NOT KEEP AIRSPEED. DECISION WAS MADE FOR OFF FIELD LANDING. AT 300 FEET THE ENGINE QUIT. LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD. DETERMINED THAT THE CYLINDER CRACKED AND THE CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM BARREL, CAUSING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.

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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