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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Santa Ana, CA · September 3, 2002

Date
September 3, 2002 · 14:00 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LNOS
Aircraft
N1152S
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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) At approximately 1400 PDT on September 3, 2002, sharanne c. young, flight instructor, and her student began a 7 mile descent into sna, Orange county airport. During her descent, MS. Young stated that she heard a noise and experienced a loss of power down to 1500 RPM. She radioed her situation to approach and before landing her engine quit. Ms. Young landed without incident at el toro airport. Neither crewmembers nor airplane sustained any injuries. Upon inspection, it was discovered that one of the valves in the #2 cylinder came apart. The engined was overhauled by one stop aviation on 3/28/1999. The engine had 1550.1 hours TSO. Flight school maintenance facility is filing an m or d. this incident investigation is now closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2002, SHARANNE C. YOUNG, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND HER STUDENT BEGAN A 7 MILE DESCENT INTO SNA, ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT. DURING HER DESCENT, MS. YOUNG STATED THAT SHE HEARD A NOISE AND EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER DOWN TO 1500 RPM. SHE RADIOED HER SITUATION TO APPROACH AND BEFORE LANDING HER ENGINE QUIT. MS. YOUNG LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT EL TORO AIRPORT. NEITHER CREWMEMBERS NOR AIRPLANE SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE VALVES IN THE #2 CYLINDER CAME APART. THE ENGINED WAS OVERHAULED BY ONE STOP AVIATION ON 3/28/1999. THE ENGINE HAD 1550.1 HOURS TSO. FLIGHT SCHOOL MAINTENANCE FACILITY IS FILING AN M OR D. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.