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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Oakland, CA · July 6, 2000

Date
July 6, 2000 · 11:30 local
Place
Oakland, CA
Airport
Metropolitan Oakland International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
SRJS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6439M
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX00LA252
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total600 in this make and model129 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Instructor bahal was providing instruction to Mr. Samada (SIC). Mr. Sambada was practing touch and go landing and had completed several practiced, on his last touchdown Mr. Sambada encounter crosswinds. In an attempt to correct he applied left brake and locked the wheel up. This caused the aircraft to veer to the left and contacting the runway light with the nose gear. The caused the nose gear to collasp aft. Damage was as follows: propeller, both tips bent one foward and one aft from contact with the ground. Engine mount, tubing snaped where nose gear is mounted. When the nose gear folded it hit the lower portion of the gasgalator. The top portion of the gasgaltor mount was torn off the firewall. Requiring a repair to remount the gasgalator mount. (As per sierra academy maintenance personnel). The an fitting to the carburator was broken and the exhaust tube was bent upon contact with the surface. (.19) on July 6, 2000, about 1138 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6439M, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway after landing on runway 27L and collided with a runway light at the Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California. Sierra academy of aeronautics technical institute operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The certified flight instructor pilot and one student were not injured. The local instructional flight departed Oakland about 1015. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The instructor told a federal aviation administration inspector that touch-and-go landings were being practiced. On the last landing, the student added right rudder to correct for the left crosswind. An attempted correction was then made using the left brake. The airplane veered left, departed the runway, and hit a runway light. The nose gear collapsed and the firewall buckled. (.4) on July 6, 2000, about 1130 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6439M, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway and collided with a runway light during a touch-and-go on runway 27L at the Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California. Sierra academy of aeronautics technical institute was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The certified flight instructor pilot and one student were not injured. The local instructional flight departed Oakland about 1030. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The operator reported touch-and-go landings were practiced for approximately 1 hour, and the winds were variable. After power was added and the airplane was accelerating, the instructor noticed the student was not compensating for torque or crosswind. The instructor prompted the student to add right rudder, but the student reacted quickly with left rudder and brake. The instructor, who assumed control, pulled power but did not want to make aggressive control inputs due to the airplane's speed. The airplane veered left, departed the runway, and hit a runway light. The nose gear collapsed and the firewall buckled.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INSTRUCTOR BAHAL WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO MR. SAMADA (SIC). MR. SAMBADA WAS PRACTING TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL PRACTICED, ON HIS LAST TOUCHDOWN MR. SAMBADA ENCOUNTER CROSSWINDS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT HE APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND LOCKED THE WHEEL UP. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND CONTACTING THE RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE NOSE GEAR. THE CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLASP AFT. DAMAGE WAS AS FOLLOWS: PROPELLER, BOTH TIPS BENT ONE FOWARD AND ONE AFT FROM CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. ENGINE MOUNT, TUBING SNAPED WHERE NOSE GEAR IS MOUNTED. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED IT HIT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE GASGALATOR. THE TOP PORTION OF THE GASGALTOR MOUNT WAS TORN OFF THE FIREWALL. REQUIRING A REPAIR TO REMOUNT THE GASGALATOR MOUNT. (AS PER SIERRA ACADEMY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL). THE AN FITTING TO THE CARBURATOR WAS BROKEN AND THE EXHAUST TUBE WAS BENT UPON CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. (.19) ON JULY 6, 2000, ABOUT 1138 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N6439M, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27L AND COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT AT THE METROPOLITAN OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. SIERRA ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND ONE STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED OAKLAND ABOUT 1015. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR THAT TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS WERE BEING PRACTICED. ON THE LAST LANDING, THE STUDENT ADDED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT FOR THE LEFT CROSSWIND. AN ATTEMPTED CORRECTION WAS THEN MADE USING THE LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FIREWALL BUCKLED. (.4) ON JULY 6, 2000, ABOUT 1130 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N6439M, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO ON RUNWAY 27L AT THE METROPOLITAN OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. SIERRA ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND ONE STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED OAKLAND ABOUT 1030. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE OPERATOR REPORTED TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS WERE PRACTICED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR, AND THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE. AFTER POWER WAS ADDED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS ACCELERATING, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE STUDENT WAS NOT COMPENSATING FOR TORQUE OR CROSSWIND. THE INSTRUCTOR PROMPTED THE STUDENT TO ADD RIGHT RUDDER, BUT THE STUDENT REACTED QUICKLY WITH LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE. THE INSTRUCTOR, WHO ASSUMED CONTROL, PULLED POWER BUT DID NOT WANT TO MAKE AGGRESSIVE CONTROL INPUTS DUE TO THE AIRPLANE'S SPEED. THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FIREWALL BUCKLED.

NTSB investigation

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