# Incident 20160921019059I: Cessna 152, Santa Paula, CA, September 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3470° N, 119.0616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA PAULA (SZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3470&lon=-119.0616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5443L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5443L) (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: 8,586 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160921019059I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/21/2016, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE SANTA PAULA AIRPORT, SANTA PAULA, CA, RUNWAY 22, ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. AFTER DEPARTURE, AND CLIMBING TO 150 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON A DIRT ROAD IN THE RIVERBED THAT PARALLELS THE AIRPORT. THE LANDING WAS MADE UNDER PARTIAL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, AND BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

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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