# Incident 20090211003569I: Cessna 152, Levittown, Puerto Rico, February 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2009, 16:31 local time
- Place: Levittown, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4499° N, 66.1816° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Levittown, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4499&lon=-66.1816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4963P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4963P-2015-05-20) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090211003569I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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