# Incident 20160221001599I: Cessna 152, Sanford, FL, February 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2016, 12:48 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65585, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65585-2018-10-02) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160221001599I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VFR FROM ORL TO EVB. PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND REQUESTED RETURN TO ORL. TOWER RECOMMENDED SFB DUE TO DISTANCE, PILOT REPORTED ENGINE WAS  RUNNING SMOOTH AND WANTED TO CONTINUED TO ORL. LATER PILOT REPORTED HAD LOST ENGINE AND WILL BE MAKING OFF FIELD LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED NORTH OF SOCCER FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SFB. NO INJURIES AND/OR DAMAGE REPORTED BY PILOT.

## Other reports on N65585 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810328012789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810328012789A), Mar 28, 1981: Cessna 152 (N65585), Canaan, CT, Substantial damage. Drifted off runway alignment on takeoff. Aborted, landed adjacent runway. Airplane nosed over.
- [Incident 19790528028159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790528028159I), May 28, 1979: Cessna 152 (N65585), Danbury, CT. Szd pilot lost directional control on rollout, ran off side of runway.

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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