# Incident 19860521033809I: Cessna 152, Santa Maria, CA, May 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1986, 16:46 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24906-2013-04-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 80 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860521033809I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE TAXIING IN GUSTY WINDS. AIRCRAFT RAN DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

## Other reports on N24906 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19791118040511A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791118040511A), Nov 18, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24906), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Saw other aircraft at last second over VOR. Other airplane's nose wheel hit top of wing. Landed safely.

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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