# Incident 20050908020549I: Cessna 152, Eugene, OR, September 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2005, 16:12 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6464L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6464L-2012-03-16) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 94 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050908020549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PLANNED A VFR FLIGHT FROM REDDING, CA (RDD) TO HILLSBORO, OR (HIO) IN A CESSNA 152. TOTAL DISTANCE (303NM). PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE TO SEATTLE CENTER AND THEY PROVIDED VECTORS TO THE EUGENE AIRPORT. PILOT FLEW TO A POINT SOUTH OF THE FIELD AND DID NOT COMPENSATE FOR THE EFFECT OF THE NORTHERLY WIND AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 34R IN A GRASS FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT OF AIRCRAFT). MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM FLIGHTCRAFT (FBO), LOCATED ON THE EUGENE AIRPORT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND BOTH FUEL TANKS DRY OF FUEL AND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. 16 GALLONS OF 100LL FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE TANKS. THE IA PERFORMED A FLIGHT AND ENGINE CONTROL CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT AND STARTED THE ENGINE, WHICH RAN NORMALLY THROUGH ALL RANGES, RESPONDING TO CARB HEAT AND MIXTURE ADJUSTMENT CHANGES PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N6464L (4)

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

- [Incident 19940419013209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940419013209I), Apr 19, 1994: Cessna 152 (N6464L), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Student pilot made a hard landing. Lost control.
- [Incident 19921118050409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921118050409I), Nov 18, 1992: Cessna 152 (N6464L), Denver, CO. Pilot experienced electrical smoke in pattern. Declared emergency. ATC did not receive report. CFR not called.
- [Accident 19850502020372A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850502020372A), May 2, 1985: Cessna 152 (N6464L), Sussex, WI, Substantial damage. Student saw 5182C and attempted an evasive maneuver during climbout. Ensuing impact damaged flap and stabilizer.
- [Accident 19811216081099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811216081099A), Dec 16, 1981: Cessna 152 (N6464L), Pewaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Student pilot landed long. Unable to stop on runway. Hit a ditch. Flipped over. Had a quartering cross, tailwind.

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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