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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Metamora, MI · August 11, 2009

Date: August 11, 2009 · 11:15 local
Place: Metamora, MI
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N284AC
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 40 total36 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N284ACRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2010 · Cessna 152S/N 15280557 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot flying solo radioed into flint tower that he was not sure where he was and requested vectors. Flint tower called him back but recieved no reply. Student pilot performed precautionary landing in a mowed farm field. No damage to aircraft. Owner of aircraft flew aircraft out of farm field later in the day. Student pilot later said that the airplane radio had failed in flight.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT FLYING SOLO RADIOED INTO FLINT TOWER THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHERE HE WAS AND REQUESTED VECTORS. FLINT TOWER CALLED HIM BACK BUT RECIEVED NO REPLY. STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A MOWED FARM FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. OWNER OF AIRCRAFT FLEW AIRCRAFT OUT OF FARM FIELD LATER IN THE DAY. STUDENT PILOT LATER SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE RADIO HAD FAILED IN FLIGHT.