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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Tulsa, OK · September 30, 2003

Date: September 30, 2003 · 16:25 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N67739
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 425 total120 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N67739Registration cancelled Aug 12, 2013 · Cessna 152S/N 15281988 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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) The engine stopped running on a straight in approach to rvs runway 1. The pilot landed the aircraft approximately 1 mile south of rvs airport in a pasture. The aircraft left wing tip caught over hanging tree limbs and turned the aircraft into the tree line. There was minor damage to the left wing, propeller and engine cowling. Examination of the aircraft revealed water contamination in the fuel. Some water was drained from the fuel strainer and the drain plug was removed carburetor. About 4 to 6 ounces of water and fuel was drained from the float bowl. (1/3 fuel 2/3 water)

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING ON A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RVS RUNWAY 1. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF RVS AIRPORT IN A PASTURE. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING TIP CAUGHT OVER HANGING TREE LIMBS AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE TREE LINE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL. SOME WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE FUEL STRAINER AND THE DRAIN PLUG WAS REMOVED CARBURETOR. ABOUT 4 TO 6 OUNCES OF WATER AND FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FLOAT BOWL. (1/3 FUEL 2/3 WATER)