# Incident 20020211008769I: Cessna 152, Kansas City, MO, February 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2002, 15:12 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5552M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5552M) (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: 1,835 total, 85 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020211008769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT INSPECTOR (PIC) AND HIS STUDENT DEPARTED KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC) AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 CST TO CONDUCT PRACTICE MANEUVERS IN AN AREA EAST OF INDEPENDENCE, MO AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. AFTER COMPLETING THESE MANEUVERS AND SOME TOUCH AND GOES AT CLAY COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (GPH), THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DECIDED TO RETURN TO MKC. AT APPROXIMATELY 1509 CST, 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MKC, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE AND LOSE POWER. THE CFI MADE A SUCCESSFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE NEAREST OPEN FIELD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NOR ANY INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT. POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL FUEL IN THE TANKS. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LEAKS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. THIS INCIDENT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

## Other reports on N5552M (1)

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

- [Accident 19911114051959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911114051959A), Nov 14, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5552M), Maricopa, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine failed to respond on go around from simulated forced landing, was operating in serious carb icing.

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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