# Accident 20080702840909A: Cessna 152, Piru, CA, July 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2008, 13:05 local time
- Place: Piru, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3842° N, 118.8142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3842&lon=-118.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25490, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25490-2017-02-22) (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: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080702840909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/02/2008, 1305 PST WHILE PERFORMING OIL PIPE LINE INSPECTIONS A CESSNA 152, N25490 STRUCK TERRAIN AND BURNED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VFR CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED BY PILOTS LOCATED AT SANTA PAULA AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES STATED THEY COULD SEE THE PILOT'S FACE AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING VERY LOW AND SLOW THOUGH OUT THE AREA PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR A STREET MAINTENANCE CREW PERFORMING EXCAVATION WORK ON THE STREET NEAR THE PIPE LINE THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTING.

## 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 LAX08LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA211), Jul 2, 2008: Cessna 152 (N25490), Piru, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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