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FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Agana, Guam · August 11, 1999

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Date
August 11, 1999 · 14:39 local
Place
Agana, Guam
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64813
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX99LA267
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total75 in the last 90 days
N64813Registration cancelled May 18, 2000 · Cessna 152S/N 15281435Airframe modelCessna 152

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft crashed under unknown circumstances onto a golf course, the pilot/sole occupant suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed. (.4)the sole witness to the accident reported that the aircraft performed a low pass over the closed and deactivated airport at 150 feet AGL. At the end of the runway, the aircraft performed a pull-up maneuver during which the engine lost power. The aircraft performed a steep right turn maneuver during which the engine recovered power, and then lost power a second time. The aircraft turned approximately 90 degrees to the right during the pull-up maneuver and engine power interruption. The aircraft was next observed to reverse the direction of turn to the left and turned about 270 degrees to realign with the former runway. While aligning with the runway, the left wingtip struck terrain, the aircraft cart wheeled, and there was an ensuing postcrash fire that consumed the majority of the airplane. No discrepancies were noted during an examination of the engine. (-23)aircraft flew at a low altitude down the golf course and abandoned airport with a rapid pull up and maneuvered to return back to airport. The le ft wing struck ground, aircraft cartwheeled, and was destroyed by fire, the sole occupant was fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES ONTO A GOLF COURSE, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (.4)THE SOLE WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A LOW PASS OVER THE CLOSED AND DEACTIVATED AIRPORT AT 150 FEET AGL. AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A PULL-UP MANEUVER DURING WHICH THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A STEEP RIGHT TURN MANEUVER DURING WHICH THE ENGINE RECOVERED POWER, AND THEN LOST POWER A SECOND TIME. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT DURING THE PULL-UP MANEUVER AND ENGINE POWER INTERRUPTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEXT OBSERVED TO REVERSE THE DIRECTION OF TURN TO THE LEFT AND TURNED ABOUT 270 DEGREES TO REALIGN WITH THE FORMER RUNWAY. WHILE ALIGNING WITH THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK TERRAIN, THE AIRCRAFT CART WHEELED, AND THERE WAS AN ENSUING POSTCRASH FIRE THAT CONSUMED THE MAJORITY OF THE AIRPLANE. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE. (-23)AIRCRAFT FLEW AT A LOW ALTITUDE DOWN THE GOLF COURSE AND ABANDONED AIRPORT WITH A RAPID PULL UP AND MANEUVERED TO RETURN BACK TO AIRPORT. THE LE FT WING STRUCK GROUND, AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED, AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX99LA267Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportAgana, TaiwanThe loss or partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Aug 11, 1999 · Destroyed