# Incident 20050822018419I: Cessna 152, Tracy, CA, August 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2005, 13:56 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49120, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49120) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 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/20050822018419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. AFTER GOING THROUGH THE CHECK LIST OF ITEMS TO CHECK AND PERFORM, SHE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH NORCAL TRACON (NCT) AND LANDED AT TRACY MUNI (TCY) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FROM TRACY FLIGHT CENTER DID A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION AND FOUND NO ANOMALIES. SINCE THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TOO UPSET TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS DESTINATION, REID HILLVIEW (RHV), AN ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WAS DISPATCHED TO TCY AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO RHV WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. I SUSPECT, AS DOES THE PILOT AND ALL INVOLVED WITH THIS INCIDENT, THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CARB. ICE.

## Other reports on N49120 (1)

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

- [Incident 19991007029519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991007029519I), Oct 7, 1999: Cessna 152 (N49120), San Jose, CA. (-23) The pilot, a CFI at inbound aviation, departed runway 13R at rhv, with a student, to practice flight in the airport traffic pattern. After takeoff, at…

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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