SMA HAS ENG QUIT; OFF ARPT LNDG.

Date: 1994-12 · Aircraft: Cessna 152

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

SMA HAS ENG QUIT; OFF ARPT LNDG.

Narrative

THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED DURING MY FLT TO PASO ROBLES AND SANTA MARIA. I PREFLTED AIRPLANE. I DETERMINED THE AIRPLANE NEEDED 1 QUART OF OIL AND THE FUEL TANKS TOPPED OFF. I FILLED THE OIL AND CHKED THE FUEL AFTER THE REFUELING TO ENSURE IT WAS FULL. I COMPLETED AN EXTENSIVE RUN-UP AT THE RWY BEFORE DEP. I CHKED THE FLT CTLS; ENG INSTS; IGNITION SYS; ETC. EVERYTHING CHKED IN THE NORMAL RANGE OR FULL. I THEN TOOK OFF AND TRANSITIONED THE LOS ANGELES CLASS B AIRSPACE VIA THE SPECIAL FLT CORRIDOR AT 4500 FT. I THEN DSNDED TO 2500 FT AND ENRICHED THE MIXTURE AS I FLEW NWBOUND UNDER THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. BEFORE VENTURA VOR; I CLBED BACK TO 4500 FT AND LEANED THE MIXTURE. I CONTINUED MY RTE TO PASO ROBLES VIA SAN MARCUS VOR TO GAVIOTA VOR OVER SANTA MARIA TO MORRO BAY VOR AND DSNDED IN TO PASO ROBLES ARPT. AS I DSNDED I ENRICHED THE MIXTURE AND COMPLETED A TOUCH-AND-GO. AFTER THE TOUGH-AND-GO I CLBED BACK TO 3500 FT AND LEANED THE MIXTURE ENRTE TO SANTA MARIA. APPROX 5 MI FROM MORRO BAY VOR THE ENG STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND FINALLY STOPPED. I TRIMMED THE AIRPLANE FOR BEST GLIDE AND SELECTED WHERE I WAS GOING TO LAND. I THEN COMPLETED THE EMER AIR RESTART CHKLIST AND COULD NOT GET THE ENG RESTARTED. I THEN DECLARED AN EMER WITH ZLA AND; USING THE CHKLIST; I SECURED THE ENG AND LANDED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.