# Incident 20020306004499I: Cessna 152, Islip, NY, March 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68289, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68289-2008-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020306004499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO MANEUVERS WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE TROUBLE. ON APPROACH, PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND LANDED SAFELY WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURY. AIRCRAFT CHECKED, FOUND TO HAVE WATER CONTAMINATION IN FUEL SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE DRAINED CONTAMINATED FUEL. REFUELED, RAN ENGINE, AIRCRAFT HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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