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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Levittown, Puerto Rico · February 11, 2009

Date
February 11, 2009 · 16:31 local
Place
Levittown, Puerto Rico
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4963P
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The Cessna 152 from isla grande school departed sig for flight instruction at 1200 to 1000AGL the aircraft engine RPM was at around 2300-2400 RPM at 100KIAS the aircraft engine RPM dropped to 600 RPM, and would not respond to pilot throttle inputs, and emergency was declared, the aircraft crashed 5 miles west of isla grande airport (sig) in a marsh at 1631 EST.

As the FAA filed it

THE CESSNA 152 FROM ISLA GRANDE SCHOOL DEPARTED SIG FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AT 1200 TO 1000AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RPM WAS AT AROUND 2300-2400 RPM AT 100KIAS THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 600 RPM, AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO PILOT THROTTLE INPUTS, AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 5 MILES WEST OF ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT (SIG) IN A MARSH AT 1631 EST.