# Incident 20021117036339I: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, November 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Hicks Airfield Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4823L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4823L) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021117036339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 17, 2002, AT 1630 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 152, N4823L REGISTERED TO AERO WINGS INC. AND OPERATED BY JAN LAESSKER WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER, AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT TO PERFORM THREE TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2600898. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HICKS AIRFIELD (T67) FORT WORTH, TEXAS ON NOVEMBER 17, 2002, AT 1625.

## Other reports on N4823L (1)

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

- [Accident 19840428022799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428022799A), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 152 (N4823L), Carlisle, AR, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing.

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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