# Incident 20070505006019I: Cessna 152, Newark, CA, May 5, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Newark, CA
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5039° N, 122.0323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5039&lon=-122.0323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5310H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5310H) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070505006019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS ENROUTE TO PALO ALTO AIRPORT (KPAO) FROM REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT (KRHV) AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1000 FEET WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE WHEREIN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE PILOT OBSERVED A RELATIVELY SAFE LANDING AREA ON A ROAD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EVENT. THE NEWARK, CALIFORNIA, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THIS EVENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEFUELED, THE WINGS WERE REMOVED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED ON A FLAT BED TRUCK TO THE PALO ALTO AIRPORT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REGARDING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER REVEALED THAT THE LEFT HAND MAGNETO CONDENSOR WIRES HAD SHORTED (PN M3064); AND THAT THE RIGHT HAND MAGNETO COIL WEDGES (PN M3040) WERE LIBERATED FROM THE MOUNTING PRESUMABLY FROM THE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT, THUS CAUSING THE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL COIL TO GROUND THE MAGNETO POINTS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INTERNAL MAGNETO PARTS SUPPORT THE CONTENTION OF ENGINE POWER LOSS. A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT WILL BE FILED.

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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