# Accident 20000419013209A: Cessna 152, Eureka, CA, April 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2000, 13:45 local time
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Murray Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8003° N, 124.1492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8003&lon=-124.1492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6251Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6251Q) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000419013209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. BET WAS RETURNING TO EUREKA (MURRY FLD) TO LAND AFTER PERFORMING 5 TOUCH-N-GO'S AND SPENDING TIME FLYING IN THE PRACTICE AREA. MR. BET  LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 WITH A 5KT CROSS WIND FROM 240.  HE LANDED ON THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY SUCCESSFULLY.  DURING THE ROLLOUT HE VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE ENTERED THE DIRT.  HE SAYS THIS PULLED THE ACFT UNCONTROLLABLY HARDER LEFT AND THE REST OF THE GEAR WERE ALSO NOW IN THE DIRT.  THE NOSE GEAR GOT STUCK, PITCHING THE ACFT UPWARD AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THIS BOUGHT THE ACFT TO A HALT.  NO INJURIES TO  MR. BET, THE ONLY OCCUPANT.  THE ACFT'S PROPELLER WAS BENT, ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN, FIREWALL DAMAGED, RUDDER CONTROL HORN BENT, AND THE RIGHT WING AFT SPAR WAS BENT.

## 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 LAX00LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA161), Apr 19, 2000: Cessna 152 (N6251Q), Eureka, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind and to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N6251Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19880714036209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880714036209I), Jul 14, 1988: Cessna 152 (N6251Q), Eureka, CA, Minor damage. Landed hard bounced and porpoised damaging the prop and nose gear.

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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