# Incident 20040518024619I: Cessna 152, Harlingen, TX, May 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2004, 18:32 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89032, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89032-2013-02-01) (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: 275 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040518024619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM TOMBALL, TEXAS (DWH) TO MCALLEN, TEXAS (MFE) THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT SHE CHANGED HER DESTINATION TO HARLINGEN, TEXAS DUE TO FUEL CONCERNS. ON APPROXIMATELY A 6 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 17L AT (HRL) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO INDICATE POSSIBLE FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N89032 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960817031309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817031309A), Aug 17, 1996: Cessna 152 (N89032), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. (.4) According to the solo pilot, she had been cleared by her flight instructor to stay in the traffic pattern at the David Wayne Hooks memorial airport to…

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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