# Accident 20160224001609A: Cessna 152, Pembroke Pines, FL, February 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: North Perry Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0072° N, 80.2372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0072&lon=-80.2372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6449P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6449P-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-L2C (registry code 42035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-l2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 261 total, 250 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160224001609A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH FOR LANDING TO 19L AT NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS, HE THEN CHECKED OIL TEMP AND PRESSURE AND AFTER FINDING THIS WAS NORMAL TRIED ADDING POWER BUT THE ENGINE REMAINED PRETTY MUCH AT IDLE. AT THIS POINT HE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE RUNWAY SO HE THEN ADVISED THE TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A ROAD APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT THAT WAS FREE FROM CARS AND PEOPLE. THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT WING STRUCK A LIGHT-POLE DURING THE LANDING AND THEREBY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ABRUPTLY DROP TO THE GROUND AND SHEARING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT WING SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE PROPELLER BEING BENT FROM STRIKING THE GROUND. THE PILOT SUSTAINED ONLY A MINOR CUT TO HIS HEAD AND WAS COHERENT AND IN GOOD CONDITION.

## 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 ERA16LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA111), Feb 24, 2016: Cessna 152 (N6449P), Pembroke Pines, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power while on approach for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

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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