# Accident 20060611013539A: Cessna 152, Camarillo, CA, June 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2000° N, 119.0833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2000&lon=-119.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N452WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060611013539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/11/2006 AT 15:15 PDT N452WC DEPARTED CAMARILLO AIRPORT ON A FAR PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 15:50 PDT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEMONSTRATING TO THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN OFF AIRPORT ENGINE OUT FORCED LANDING. THE MANEUVER WAS STARTED AT 3500 FEET MSL, INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED THE ENGINE CARBURETOR FOR ICE BY ADDING THROTTLE MOMENTARILY AT 500 FOOT INTERVALS - 3000, 2500, 2000 AND AT 1500 FEET. THEN WHEN THROTTLE WAS PUSHED IN THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED ABOUT 100 RPM THEN WENT BACK TO IDLE, EVEN WITH FULL THROTTLE APPLIED. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN WENT TO THE ENGINE OUT CHECK LIST AGAIN AND CONTINUED DOWN FOR A LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST, WITH THE NOSE GEAR HIGH. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE MAIN GEAR SANK INTO THE SOFT GROUND, THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN AND SANK INTO THE SOFT GROUND AND FLIPPED THE AIRPLANE OVER ONTO ITS BACK. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT REMOVED THEIR SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER.

## 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 LAX06LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA204), Jun 11, 2006: Cessna 152 (N452WC), Camarillo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the soft terrain encountered during the emergency landing.

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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