# Incident 20090717011189I: Cessna 152, Weslaco, TX, July 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Airport: Mid Valley
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1787° N, 97.9740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY INTL (TXW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1787&lon=-97.9740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5440M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5440M-2020-01-02) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,058 total, 571 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090717011189I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO OPERATE ROUGH.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AIRCRAFT AT NEAREST LOCATION AT TRIPLE E RACE TRACK.  AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFUL.  INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED LOOSE SPARK PLUG LEAD.  TIGHTENED LEAD AND INSPECTED AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RACE TRACK AND LANDED AT HOME BASE UNEVENTFUL.

## Other reports on N5440M (2)

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

- [Incident 19891013054019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891013054019I), Oct 13, 1989: Cessna 152 (N5440M), Newport, VT. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in field. Made error in preflight as to fuel supply.
- [Accident 19810508026629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508026629A), May 8, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5440M), Bridgeport, WV, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed wing to strike ground on level-off for landing.

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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