# Accident 19980624014789A: Cessna 152, Santa Ana, CA, June 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1998, 17:07 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7093° N, 117.8694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7093&lon=-117.8694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67421, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67421-2000-03-24) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 150 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980624014789A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE ON FINAL. ROLLED OVER STALLED IMPACTED SHORT OF RUNWAY. COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. (.4)WHILE THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT OF THE CESSNA 152 WAS ON DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER DIRECTED THE STUDENT'S ATTENTION TO A BOEING 757 AIRCRAFT THAT WAS PRECEDING THE STUDENT'S AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING ON THE PARALLEL RUNWAY.  THE THRESHOLD OF THE PARALLEL RUNWAY IS ABEAM AND 500 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY THE STUDENT WAS TO LAND ON.  THE CONTROLLER THEN ADVISED OF A 10-KNOT QUARTERING HEADWIND FROM THE RIGHT, ISSUED A WAKE TURBULENCE PRECAUTION, AND CLEARED THE STUDENT PILOT FOR THE LANDING OPTION.  WITNESSES REPORTED THAT AS THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, DESCENDING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 100-FOOT ALTITUDE (AGL), THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY ROLLED INVERTED AND CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.  THE SAFETY BOARD PREPARED A STUDY OF WAKE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER USING DATA FROM THE BOEING 757'S FLIGHT DATA RECORDER, TOWER COMMUNICATION TAPES, AND TOWER REPORTED SURFACE WINDS.  THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE CESSNA 152 DESCENDED INTO THE BOEING 757'S WAKE WHEN THE WAKE WAS 37 TO 41 SECONDS OLD.  THE STUDENT                                         'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE SAFETY BOARD THAT THE STUDENT, WHO HAD 136 HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION AND 20 HOURS OF SOLO FLIGHT TIME, HAD RECEIVED INSTRUCTION IN WAKE TURBULENCE AVOIDANCE AT THREE POINTS IN GROUND INSTRUCTION. FURTHERMORE, THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT TRAINING AS THEY HAD AT THE AIR CARRIER AIRPORT, MOST FLIGHTS INVOLVED WAKE TURBULENCE AVOIDANCE.

## 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 LAX98FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA210), Jun 24, 1998: Cessna 152 (N67421), Santa Ana, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to identify a proper touchdown point on the runway and maintain an appropriate glidepath so as to remain clear of vortex turbulence from the preceding large…

## Other reports on N67421 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910127004509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910127004509I), Jan 27, 1991: Cessna 152 (N67421), Santa Rosa, NM, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion. Hit power lines on a forced landing. Aircraft was left hanging in wires.

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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