# Accident 20111209029069A: Cessna 152, Venice, FL, December 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2011, 11:15 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: F6FS
- Location: 27.0714° N, 82.4403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0714&lon=-82.4403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471TC-2013-03-12) (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 -L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 2,194 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111209029069A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEEMBER 9, 2011, AT 1115 EDT, A CESSNA 152, N471TC, REGISTERED TO FLORIDA FLIGHT CENTER, LOST ENGINE POWER AFTER A TOUCH AND GO AT VENICE AIRPORT, VENICE FL (VNC) AND CRASHED.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTING LAZY EIGHTS AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT (VNC). HE DID A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 4 WITH OUT INCIDENT AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET WHEN  THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY SURGED AND LOST POWER. HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES AND HIT THE SIDE OF A BUILDING FALLING APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND NO INJURIES TO THE 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 ERA12LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA106), Dec 9, 2011: Cessna 152 (N471TC), Venice, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination and testing did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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