# Accident 20080610837259A: Cessna 152, Elk City, OK, June 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2008, 14:45 local time
- Place: Elk City, OK
- Airport: Elk City Regional Business
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CB9T
- Location: 35.5000° N, 99.2000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5000&lon=-99.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95028, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95028-2015-10-26) (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: 145 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080610837259A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT STATED: LEFT JONES AIRPORT APPROX 1700Z WITH FULL TANK OF FUEL HEADED WEST ON A SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT.  APPROXIMATELY 10-MILES EAST OF KINGFISHER VOR HE EXPERIENCED RPM DROP OF 300 TO 400 WHICH REDUCED ENGINE RPM'S TO 2,000.  THE PILOT ENRICHED THE MIXTURE AND TURNED ON CARB HEAT WHICH RESULTED IN NORMAL RPM'S OF 2,400.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TOWARDS ELK CITY, OK; APPROXIMATELY 17NM'S FROM ELK CITY THE PILOT STARTED A DESCENT TO 3500 MSL.  DURING THE DESCENT THE RPM'S DROPPED TO 900, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND MAKING LOUD NOISES.  WTH NO AIRPORT IN SITE AND 1,500 AGL REMAINING, I DECIDED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA163), Jun 10, 2008: Cessna CE-152 (N95028), Foss, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N95028 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020110001609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020110001609I), Jan 10, 2002: Cessna 152 (N95028), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. (-23) On January 10, 2002, at approximately 1100 a.m. local time, a Cessna 152 sustained minor damage while being taxied at riverside airport in Tulsa,…

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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