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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Big Bend, WI · January 19, 2012

Date
January 19, 2012 · 14:51 local
Place
Big Bend, WI
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N4723B
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,082 total151 in this make and model218 in the last 90 days

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.

On 01/19/2012 at approxametly 2051 z,(1451 LCL) a Cessna 152, N4723B, operated by spring city aviation of waukesha, Wisconsin and flown by commercial pilot, privacy data omitted, experienced a loss of power while returning to waukesha at 2,100 feet MSL. Unable to maintain altitude an emergency was declaired and a succesful off airport landing was made in an open hay field. No damage to the aircraft nor injuries to the pilot or passenger were incurred. A VFR flight flight plan was not filed. The flight departed waukesha airport at approximately 1300 LCL. Loss of power was due to a broken intake valve in the number 4 cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

ON 01/19/2012 AT APPROXAMETLY 2051 Z,(1451 LCL) A CESSNA 152, N4723B, OPERATED BY SPRING CITY AVIATION OF WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN AND FLOWN BY COMMERCIAL PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE RETURNING TO WAUKESHA AT 2,100 FEET MSL. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLAIRED AND A SUCCESFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE IN AN OPEN HAY FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER WERE INCURRED. A VFR FLIGHT FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WAUKESHA AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 LCL. LOSS OF POWER WAS DUE TO A BROKEN INTAKE VALVE IN THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER.