# NTSB WPR25LA170: Cessna 150M, N45659, Phoenix, AZ, June 6, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 6, 2025, 05:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.683333, -112.06666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6833&lon=-112.0667&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA170
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA170

## Preliminary report

On June 6, 2025, about 0530 mountain standard time, a Cessna 150M, N45659, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Phoenix, Arizona. The flight instructor and student pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The pilot reported that he had departed runway 07L at Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT), Phoenix, Arizona. During the left turn to the crosswind leg of the airport traffic pattern, about 300 ft above ground levelgl, the engine lost power. The pilot continued the left turn to return to the runway, but the airplane descended rapidly and landed in a vacant lot about 3,100 ft northeast of the departure runway threshold and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage and empennage. Fuel was observed leaking from the airplane while inverted, and during the airplane recovery, several gallons of fuel were extracted from the fuel tank to facilitate transport. The wreckage was recovered to a secure area for further investigation.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45659](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45659), registered now, S/N 15077011, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077011
- Year built: 1975
- Airframe hours: 9005.7
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2025
- Departed: DVT, Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: DVT, Phoenix Deer Valley, runway 07L/25R, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observed at: KDVT, 42 nm away
- METAR: KDVT 061253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/09 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP083 T02330094

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250606010309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250606010309A), Jun 6, 2025: Cessna 150M, Phoenix, AZ, Destroyed. On June 6, 2025, aircraft [privacy data omitted], a Cessna CE-150, crashed near the Deer Valley Airport (dvt), due to engine failure. There were two persons on…

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.

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