# Incident 20021102030939I: Cessna 152, Opelika, AL, November 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Opelika, AL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6454° N, 85.3783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelika, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6454&lon=-85.3783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5250B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5250B-2016-11-28) (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: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021102030939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 2, 2002, AT 1300 CST, A CE-152, N5252B OPERATED BY MR. WINT, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY 431 NORTH OF OPPELIKA, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE FLYING THE AIRPLANE BACK TO LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, HE NOTICED AN ENGINE VIBRATION AND IMMEDIATE LOSS OF REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM). WITHIN SECONDS, OIL WAS COMING OUT OF THE COWLING AND COVERING THE WINDSHIELD. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON THE HIGHWAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PROPELLER SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THE NUMBER TWO CYLINDER PISTON WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N5250B (2)

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

- [Accident 20160817023079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160817023079A), Aug 17, 2016: Cessna 152 (N5250B), Newnan, GA, Substantial damage. On August 17, 2016, at approximately 0915 Cessna aircraft, model 152, N5250B, serial number 15283816, a student pilot was attempting a landing at Newnan-Coweta…
- [Incident 19820502022739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502022739I), May 2, 1982: Cessna 152 (N5250B), Martinsburg, WV, Minor damage. Wind picked up for solo student's landing. Ran off runway, no damage. Damaged propeller returning to raised runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.