# Accident 20090124002749A: Cessna 152, Titusville, FL, January 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2009, 21:00 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5804° N, 80.8191° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5804&lon=-80.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48570, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48570-2017-05-15) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 19 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090124002749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/24/2009 PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED CESSNA 152 SERIAL NUMBER 15280919 REGISTERATION NUMBER N48570.  HE STATED HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KTIX AT 1635 LOCAL TIME.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW ON A CROSS COUNTRY TO KPHD DID A FEW APPROACHES AND THEN COMPLETED A FULL STOP AT KPHD, AND THE DEPARTED FOR KTIX.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPLETED 11 "TOUCH AT GOES" KTIX AND WAS IN THE PATTERN FOR AN HOUR.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED KTIX TOWER ABEAM AND REQUESTED ANOTHER "TOUCH AND GO".  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 18 AT 400 FEET AND THE ENGINE QUIT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE RUNWAY BUT FLARED AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED TREES, THE TAIL STRUCK THE TOP OF THE TREES AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE TREES.

## 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 ERA09CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA142), Jan 25, 2009: Cessna 152 (N48570), Titusville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during approach due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel planning.

## Other reports on N48570 (1)

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

- [Incident 19991205039699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991205039699I), Dec 5, 1999: Cessna 152 (N48570), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The nose landing gear fork failed and the strut partially collapsed during a solo touch & go landing on rwy 33. The aircraft subsequently skidded off the…

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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