# Accident 20080318836679A: Cessna 150L, Mesa, AZ, March 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2008, 10:57 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19521, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19521-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 135 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080318836679A

## Narrative

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

(-23)UPON TAKEOFF FROM FFZ, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT STUDENT PILOT SURRENDERED THE CONTROLS TO THE CFI WHO RECOGNIZED THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. THE CFI ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON MCKELLIPS ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE JUST NORTH OF THE ROAD AND BOUNCED OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD, LANDING ON THE CURB OF THE ROAD.

## 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 LAX08LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA077), Mar 18, 2008: Cessna 150L (N19521), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N19521 (2)

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

- [Incident 20010211003009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010211003009I), Feb 11, 2001: Cessna 150L (N19521), Overgaard, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Upon touchdown at landing the aircrafts right wing raised up pushing the aircraft to the left of the runway. The aircraft regained flight momentarily and…
- [Incident 19920115005389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920115005389I), Jan 15, 1992: Cessna 150L (N19521), Phoenix, AZ. Pilot advised ats he had engine failure on approach. Landed off airport. Fuel tanks were empty.

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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