ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59557
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 2009 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Safety Flight Academy |
| Registration: | N6285M |
| MSN: | 15284653 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13841 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near 103rd Ave, Phoenix, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Glendale, AZ (GEU) |
| Glendale, AZ (GEU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and student were returning to the airport when the airplane's engine began running rough. The roughness became increasingly worse, and finally the engine "sputtered briefly" and lost power. The flight instructor was unable to restart the engine, and he initiated a forced landing onto a nearby grassy field. During the landing roll, the airplane impacted a chain link fence, resulting in structural damage to the right wing. During postaccident examination of the airplane, several attempts were made to start and run the engine; however, it would not start. The magnetos were removed from the engine and tested, and neither produced spark. Disassembly of the left magneto revealed the failure of the secondary coil. Disassembly of the right magneto revealed that the point gap was set incorrectly and that the lead connector from the magneto's coil to the points was loose. Review of maintenance records revealed that the magnetos were removed 3 tachometer hours prior to the accident; new points, capacitors, and gaskets were installed and the magnetos were reinstalled on the engine.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to the failure of both magnetos resulting from an improper maintenance repair by maintenance personnel.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2009 22:08 | slowkid | Added |
| 15-Apr-2009 22:28 | slowkid | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 18:55 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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