# Incident 20100609035599I: Cessna 152, Spanish Fort, AL, June 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2010, 11:10 local time
- Place: Spanish Fort, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: O06S
- Location: 30.6749° N, 87.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fort, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6749&lon=-87.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757PK-2013-08-06) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100609035599I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N757PK  DEPARTED KBFM ABOUT 10:40 CDT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT TO EVALUATE CROSS-COUNTRY NAVIGATION AND DIVERSIONS. THEY FILED A FLIGHT PLAN TO KMVC AND OBTAINED RADAR TRAFFIC ADVISORIES FROM MOBILE APPROACH.  THEY TRACKED NORTHEAST ON V-454 UNTIL THE STUDENT IDENTIFIED BAY MINETTE AIRPORT, A PLANNED CHECKPOINT.  AT THAT TIME THE PILOT ASKED THE STUDENT TO DIVERT TO FAIRHOPE (CALLAHAN) AIRPORT.  THE STUDENT ADVISED MOBILE APPROACH THAT THEY WERE DIVERTING, AND THEY OBTAINED PERMISSION TO LEAVE APPROACH FREQUENCY TO LISTEN TO THE AWOS AT FAIRHOPE.  ABOUT 1-2 MINUTES AFTER RETURNING TO THE APPROACH FREQUENCY, THERE WAS A SUDDEN, LOUD BANG AND THE ENGINE LOST NEARLY ALL POWER.  A MODERATE VIBRATION BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. PRIOR TO THIS TIME, ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS INDICATED NORMALLY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 2,500 FEET.  THE PILOT TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT, AND ATTEMPTED RESTART PROCEDURES, TO NO AVAIL. THE PROP CONTINUED TO TURN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, BUT DEVELOPED NO POWER AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED.  THE PILOT MADE A MAYDAY CALL TO MOBILE APPROACH AND ADVISED THEM THEY COULD NOT REACH AN AIRPORT.  THE PILOT SET UP AN APPROACH TO AN OPEN FIELD NEAR INTERSTATE 10 IN SPANISH FORT, AL.THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANYTHING ON THE GROUND.  THE PILOT AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE UNINJURED.

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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