# Incident 20121120026009I: Cessna 152, Talkeetna, AK, November 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2012, 17:30 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48787, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48787) (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 O-235-L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 103 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121120026009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE FROM TALKEETNA (TKA). PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS WORSENED FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A DECREASE IN ENGINE RPM TO PROPELLER STOPPING ROTATION.PILOT ESTABLISHED BEST GLIDE AND ATTEMPTED RESTART THREE TIMES BEFORE LANDING ON PARKS HIGHWAY 3 APPROXIMATELY 16.4 MILES SOUTH OF TKA.ON SCENE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO ROTATION OF VACUUM PUMP DURING PROPELLER ROTATION.AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN A MINOR PROPELLER STRIKE ON OR ABOUT 5/14/12. FOLLOWUP OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS TO VALIDATE POST PROPELLER STRIKE MAINTENANCE EVENTS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT.ENGINE INSPECTION REVEALS CRANKSHAFT BROKEN BETWEEN FRONT TWO AND REAR TWO CYLINDERS.

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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