# Accident 20061022024699A: Cessna 152, Castroville, CA, October 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2006, 07:45 local time
- Place: Castroville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7833° N, 121.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7833&lon=-121.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45929, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45929-2007-12-31) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061022024699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED, PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA N45929, STATED TEN MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING WATSONVILLE AIRPORT, WATSONVILLE, CA THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. SOON VISIBLE SMOKE COULD BE OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE STOPPED DEVELOPING POWER. HE STATED AT THIS POINT HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO BURN UNTIL FIRE CREWS ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND LATER RELEASED.

## 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 LAX07LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA016), Oct 22, 2006: Cessna 152 (N45929), Prunedale, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Total loss of engine power due to failure of connecting rod cap during cruise flight 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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