# Incident 20161013016599I: Cessna 152, Riverside, CA, October 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2016, 13:52 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9533° N, 117.3961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9533&lon=-117.3961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5301H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5301H) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161013016599I

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLYING (N5301H)

ON SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LGB (LONG BEACH) TO F70 (FRENCH VALLEY), AT 5,500 MSL. WHILE OVER LAKE MATTHEWS, THE ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATED FROM 2,400 TO 1,000 RPM. IT WAS SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICE SO CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED. THE PROBLEM DID NOT IMPROVE IMMEDIATELY, SO THE PIC DECIDED TO DIVERT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT, RAL (RIVERSIDE). THE PIC  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND REQUESTED A DIVERSION TO RAL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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