# Incident 20080130013719I: Cessna 152, Naples, FL, January 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2008, 16:19 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1505° N, 81.7953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naples, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1505&lon=-81.7953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89708, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89708-2015-11-13) (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 O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 689 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080130013719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY BEFORE STARTING HIS APPROACH, DURING A FLIGHT FROM ST. PETERSBURG, FL (PIE) TO NAPLES, FL (APF) THE PILOT ADVISED THE APF TOWER CONTROLLER THAT HE WAS LOSING ENGINE POWER AND WAS DESCENDING RAPIDLY. IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING PERSONS ON THE BEACH, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DITCH IT IN THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED CLOSE TO THE BEACH AREA AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE OWNER RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE HELP OF A WRECKER CAUSING POST IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. BASED ON THE WITNESSES THAT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERY AND THE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE HANGAR AT APF, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE IMPACT WITH THE WATER. BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE EMERGENCY DITCHING THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST STRUCTURAL OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FAILURE OR MALFUNCTIONS. ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WAS BENT STRAIGHT BACKWARDS ABOUT 30 DEGREES, THE OTHER SLIGHTLY BACKWARD AND SHOWED NO INDICATION OF ENGINE POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT IT HAD COMPRESSION, BUT IGNITION COULD NOT BE TESTED DUE TO WATER. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM FROM THE TANK TO THE CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N89708 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000801027249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000801027249I), Aug 1, 2000: Cessna 152 (N89708), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. (-23)The student pilot was on his long distance cross country flight as required for obtaining a private pilot certificate. He failed to check his fuel at each…

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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