# Incident 20180606008769I: Cessna 152, Boyd, TX, June 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2018, 10:45 local time
- Place: Boyd, TX
- Airport: Kezer
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0843° N, 97.5632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boyd, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0843&lon=-97.5632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25983, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25983-2022-07-30) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,102 total, 486 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180606008769I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 2018, AT 1045 CDT, A CESSNA 152, N25983, S/N 15280894 , HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE PERFORMING AIR WORK EXERCISES, 10 NM WNW OF HICKS FIELD (T67).  FOLLOWING A DESCENT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  THE PILOT, DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD, WHICH WAS 3 MILES EAST OF KEZER FIELD (61TE) AT 32.59-47 N AND 097.34-46W.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGE FOLLOWING A SOFT FIELD LANDING.  THE PILOT, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH, TX, HICKS AIRFIELD (T67) ON JUNE 6, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 CDT.

## Other reports on N25983 (1)

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

- [Incident 20040129000769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040129000769I), Jan 29, 2004: Cessna 152 (N25983), Weatherford, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On 1/28/04 student pilot hira thapa, on first solo cross country in Cessna C152 N25983 became lost, called fort worth afss for help, but had fuel…

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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