# Incident 20031211033369I: Cessna 152, Somerset, KY, December 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2003, 17:35 local time
- Place: Somerset, KY
- Airport: Somerset- Pulaski Cty
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0865° N, 84.6054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerset, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0865&lon=-84.6054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5527L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5527L-2012-10-17) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 130 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211033369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN PINE KNOT, KY. 35 MILES SOUTH OF SOMERSET KY (SME) ON STATE HWY 127. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND ENGINE STOPPED. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND PILOT STATED HE HAD NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THE COTTER PIN ATTACHING THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE TO THE CASTELATED NUT ON THE MIXTURE ARM OF THE CARB WAS MISSING ALLOWING THE MIXTURE TO GO FULL LEAN. MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND INITIATED REPAIRS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO DEPART FROM STATE HWY 127 WITH PERMISSION OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

## Other reports on N5527L (4)

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

- [Incident 20081013855889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013855889I), Oct 13, 2008: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. (-23) North Florida FSDO inspectors responded to a report of a damaged propeller on a Cessna 152 based at kissimmee gateway airport (ism). The pilot who had…
- [Accident 19981227033879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227033879A), Dec 27, 1998: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard and bent the gear. (.19) on December 27, 1998, at 1100 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 152, N5527L, operated by a commercial pilot,…
- [Incident 19930720032619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720032619I), Jul 20, 1993: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Minor damage. Witness stated student made steep approach. Bounced and landed nose wheel first. Nose wheel strut collapsed.
- [Accident 19810425019499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425019499A), Apr 25, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Substantial damage. Student pilot crashed during second solo landing. Aircraft bounced and hit on nose wheel.

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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