# Accident 20090415004629A: Cessna 152, Phoenix, AZ, April 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2009, 09:35 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I07S
- Location: 33.5069° N, 112.2881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5069&lon=-112.2881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6285M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6285M-2009-05-15) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090415004629A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE ENROUTE TO GEU THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  THE INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLAYGROUND.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE, AND THE THE FENCE WRAPPED AROUNG THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN WITH THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE CRUSHED INWARD APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET FROM THE WINGTIP.

## 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 WPR09LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA196), Apr 15, 2009: Cessna 152 (N6285M), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the failure of both magnetos resulting from an improper maintenance repair by maintenance personnel.

## Other reports on N6285M (1)

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

- [Accident 19980329004312A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980329004312A), Mar 29, 1998: Cessna 152 (N6285M), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. While holding on taxiway was struck by N101DT that was told to expedite crossing runway to taxi to ramp. (-23) Cessna 152, N6285M was holding short, south of…

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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