# Incident 20030304003109I: Cessna A152, Yuma, AZ, March 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2003
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4892A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4892A-2005-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A152 (registry code 2071836, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030304003109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT WAS ON LONG SOLO CROSS COUNTRY WHEN ABOUT 10 MILES NM FROM YUMA AZ THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. HE CONTINUED ALONG UNTIL THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND IT STOPPED. THE STUDENT LANDED ON A ROAD. ON THE WAY DOWN HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT YUMA BUT COULDN'T SO HE ALERTED PRESCOTT RADIO (FSS). THE ENGINE FAILURE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE #4 SEPARATING FROM THE CRANKCASE. THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE ENGINE IS BEING SENT TO LYCOMING FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N4892A (1)

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

- [Accident 19950124001189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950124001189A), Jan 24, 1995: Cessna A152 (N4892A), Houston, TX, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Tried taxi nose wheel chocked. Passengers got out to remove chock was struck by idling propeller.

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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