# Accident 19990811011639A: Cessna 152, Agana, Guam, August 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1999, 14:39 local time
- Place: Agana, Guam
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 13.4742° N, 144.7478° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagåtña, GU, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4742&lon=144.7478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64813, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64813-2000-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990811011639A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA267), Aug 11, 1999: Cessna 152 (N64813), Agana, Taiwan, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss or partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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