# Incident 20090811048449I: Cessna 152, Metamora, MI, August 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2009, 11:15 local time
- Place: Metamora, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9455° N, 83.2930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metamora, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9455&lon=-83.2930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N284AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N284AC-2010-07-15) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 36 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090811048449I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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