# Incident 20070512008029I: Cessna 152, Escondido, CA, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 20:15 local time
- Place: Escondido, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1192° N, 117.0864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escondido, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1192&lon=-117.0864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4976P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4976P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512008029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM CHANDLER, AZ (CHD) TO CARLSBAD, CA (CRQ) WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE TOPPED THE FUEL TANKS (26 GAL/24.5 GAL USABLE/APPROX 4 HR FUEL) PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HIS ETE WAS 2:50 HR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THE ENGINE FALTERED, AND THEN STOPPED, AT ABOUT 4800 FT MSL, APPROXIMATELY 12 NM FROM CRQ. THIS OCCURRED AT ABOUT 02:55 HR. AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON MISSION AVE. IN ESCONDIDO, WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKEN BY FLATBED TRUCK TO RAMONA AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SALVAGE COMPANY STATED THAT ABOUT 4.5 GAL OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO MOVING THE AIRPLANE. THAT MEANS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD ABOUT 0:30 USABLE FUEL REMAINING WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE ENGINE DID NOT QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Other reports on N4976P (1)

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

- [Incident 19921012055679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921012055679I), Oct 12, 1992: Cessna 152 (N4976P), Tusayan, AZ. Engine quit en route. Forced landing on dirt road. Had fuel exhaustion.

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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