# Incident 20020903022299I: Cessna 152, Santa Ana, CA, September 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LNOS
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1152S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1152S-2009-10-21) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020903022299I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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