# Accident 20050911022679A: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, September 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 118.1664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-118.1664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6565L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6565L-2005-12-12) (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: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050911022679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/11/05 AT 1545 PST, CESSNA 152 N6565L IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A PARKING LOT AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT REPORTED POOR TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE TO LGB ATCT SOON AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 25R, AND REQUESTED RETURN TO AIRPORT. OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA REPORTED TO ATCT THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING VERY LOW, APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET ABOVE GROUND, AND SLOW. WINGS WERE WAVING BACK AND FORTH, AND WHEN THE PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED IN A 90 DEGREE BANK ANGLE, AND WENT STRAIGHT DOWN. TWO OCCUPANTS WERE ON BOARD, BOTH CONFIRMED FATAL. AIRCRAFT BURNED AFTER IMPACT, CONSUMING THE COCKPIT AREA. THE RIGHT WING WAS LODGED UNDER A TRUCK, AND THE TRUCK FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS ON TOP OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE LEFT WING WAS SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND WAS POSITIONED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, UPSIDE DOWN. THE ENGINE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND LAID NEAR THE FRONT OF THE FUSELAGE. THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER WERE SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, THE PROP SPINNER WAS CRUSHED FLAT. MAG SWITCH WAS IN RIGHT POSITION. ENGINE TEARDOWN FOUN               D RINGS BROKEN, PLUGS OIL FOULED.

## 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 LAX05FA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA296), Sep 11, 2005: Cessna 152 (N6565L), Lakewood, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the certified flight instructor's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed resulting in a stall and loss of control. Also causal was the engine's loss of partial power due to inadequate maintenance,…

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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