# Incident 20061202030409I: Cessna 152, Muncie, IN, December 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2006, 16:39 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1988° N, 85.3951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muncie, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1988&lon=-85.3951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94286, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94286) (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 O235N2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061202030409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LAFAYETTE, IN TO MUNCIE, INDIANA, TO KOKOMO, IN AND BACK TO LAFAYETTE. AFTER A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT MUNCIE, THE STUDENT CLIMBED BACK TO 4500 FEET MSL FOR FLIGHT TO KOKOMO. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE ON THE 305 RADIAL FROM THE MIE VOR, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. STUDENT ACTIVATED THE CARBURETOR HEAT AND ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN EVEN ROUGHER. DUE TO SEVERE VIBRATIONS, THE STUDENT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND MADE A POWER OFF LANDING IN A CORNFIELD SOME 12.5 MILES NORTH OF THE MUNCIE AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. MAINTENANCE FROM LAFAYETTE AVIATION DETERMINED THAT THE PISTON IN THE #3 CYLINDER WAS NOT OPERATING.

## Other reports on N94286 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980921026009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921026009A), Sep 21, 1998: Cessna 152 (N94286), Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot was practicing touch and go landings when the acft landed, the pilot applied full power to take off, and the acft veered off the rwy into a…

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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