# Accident 20100418035589A: Cessna 152, Avon Park, FL, April 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2010, 10:25 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6342° N, 81.5889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6342&lon=-81.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5499B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5499B-2011-12-08) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 189 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100418035589A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LAKELAND REGIONAL AIRPORT (LAL) ENROUTE TO THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO). ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF AVON PARK, FL. WHILE FLYING AT 2000 VFR THE PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL POWER FAILURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. DURING THE FINAL TURN TO LAND THE LEFT WING STRUCK A FENCE POST WHICH PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT DOWNWARD AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLASPED. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP IN A DITCH. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND 60% OF THE LEFT FLAP WAS RIPPED OFF. THERE APPEARED TO BE DAMAGE AT THE LEFT WING ROOT.THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LOSS OF POWER AND AT THIS TIME THE NTSB HAS NOT DERTERMINED THE CAUSE OF OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA10LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA235), Apr 18, 2010: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Avon Park, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The operator's failure to correct known deficiencies with the carburetor, which resulted in a complete loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing by the pilot. Also causal was the operator's…

## Other reports on N5499B (3)

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

- [Accident 19970524011869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970524011869A), May 24, 1997: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Failed flare landing. Folded nose gear. Crushed firewall. Had bounced and porpoised prior stopping. (-23) student practicing takeoffs and landings. On…
- [Incident 19911012051919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911012051919I), Oct 12, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Sandstone, MN. Student lost. Following unset gyro. Landed at airport. Took off again. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in field.
- [Accident 19860725037649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860725037649A), Jul 25, 1986: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Duluth, MN, Substantial damage. Solo student landed on a road after engine failed from fuel exhaustion. Wing struck a road sign.

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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