# Incident 20120119000429I: Cessna 152, Big Bend, WI, January 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2012, 14:51 local time
- Place: Big Bend, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8839° N, 88.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Bend, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8839&lon=-88.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4723B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4723B) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,082 total, 151 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120119000429I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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