# Accident 20120928022469A: Cessna 152, Eugene, OR, September 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2012, 16:30 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: EM8S
- Location: 44.0399° N, 123.2197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0399&lon=-123.2197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95840, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95840) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 314 total, 86 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA439) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120928022469A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2012, N95840 MADE AN UNPOWERED FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS AN CESSNA 152 CONDUCTING 14 CFR PART 141 FLIGHT TRAINING BY LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AT AROUND 16:00 THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM EUG AND HEADED SOUTH WEST ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.  AT AROUND 16:30 THIS AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A UN-COMMANDED ENGINE REDUCTION TO ABOUT 1900 RPM.  AT THIS POINT THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, TURNED ON CARBURETOR HEAT WHICH REDUCED RPM TO ABOUT 1700, CALLED THE EUG TOWER TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, AND TURNED BACK TO EUG.  ABOUT 2 TO 3 MINUTES AFTERWARDS THE ENGINE STOPPED AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD AND COMING TO REST AT THE POSITION NOTED IN SECTION 10 ITEMS A AND B OF THIS FORM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR12LA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA439), Sep 29, 2012: Cessna 152 (N95840), Eugene, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have…

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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