19791214034229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Santa Rosa, CA · December 14, 1979

Date
December 14, 1979 · 20:30 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Airport
Santa Rosa
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5085B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVD05
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,582 total860 in this make and model254 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted landing at night on unlit runway. Missed runway. Landed adjacent to runway. Nosed over in soft mud.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED LANDING AT NIGHT ON UNLIT RUNWAY. MISSED RUNWAY. LANDED ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. NOSED OVER IN SOFT MUD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.