# Incident 20041018030929I: Cessna 152, Harrisburg, PA, October 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4705Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4705Q) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 80 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041018030929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PERFORMED MAGNETO CHECK AND ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. CHANGED HEADING TO RETURN TO CXY. ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND PILOT OBSERVED PIECES DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE COWLING. PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDING MADE AT CXY. INSPECTION REVEALED #3 CYLINDER MISSING.

## Other reports on N4705Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20191116021269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191116021269A), Nov 16, 2019: Cessna 152 (N4705Q), Denison, TX, Substantial damage. On 11/16/2019, ^jiahao chen^ was acting as pilot in command (PIC) of N4705Q, a Cessna 152 belonging to us aviation academy pilot school. ^Mr. Chen^ was…
- [Accident 19930303050899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930303050899A), Mar 3, 1993: Cessna 152 (N4705Q), Harrisburg, PA, Substantial damage. Veered right into crosswind landing. Ran off runway. Overturned in snow. Blamed wind gust. Not verified on ATIS.

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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