# Accident 20090302004659A: Cosmos PHASEII, Brenda, AZ, March 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2009, 09:45 local time
- Place: Brenda, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6667° N, 113.9000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6667&lon=-113.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4832, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4832-2021-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cosmos PHASE 2 (registry code 05901FK, https://openairdocs.org/model/cosmos-phase-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL (registry code 55558, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSMOS PHASEII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090302004659A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A SPORT PILOT.  HE WAS LANDING ON A DRY LAKE BED WHEN HE REALIZED TOO LATE THAT SOMEONE HAD DRIVEN ACROSS THE AREA AND LEFT RUTS IN THE GROUND.  BY THE TIME HE OBSERVED THE RUTS HE COULD NOT AVOID THE RUTS.  THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED.  NO INJURY TO PILOT.

## 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 WPR09CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA135), Mar 2, 2009: Cosmos Phase 2 (N4832), Salome, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with a rut while landing on an unimproved dry lake bed.

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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