# Accident 19890815029859A: Cessna 152, Castaic, CA, August 15, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1989, 10:35 local time
- Place: Castaic, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4774° N, 118.6327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castaic, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4774&lon=-118.6327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152DM-1995-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,024 total, 787 in this make and model, 267 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89FA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815029859A

## Narrative

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

DEMONSTRATED POWER FAILURE. STUDENT STALLED AIRCRAFT. CFI TRIED TO RECOVER TOO LATE. CRASHED ON SLOPE OF CANYON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX89FA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA280), Aug 15, 1989: Cessna 152 (N152DM), Castaic, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO ADEQUATELY SUPERVISE THE CONDUCT OF THE FLIGHT, FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO ENSURE ADEQUATE TERRAIN CLEARANCE PRIOR TO INITIATING THE MANEUVER, AND FAILURE…

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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