# Accident 20000706013529A: Cessna 152, Oakland, CA, July 6, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 6, 2000, 11:30 local time - Place: Oakland, CA - Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: SRJS - Location: 37.7213° N, 122.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7213&lon=-122.2212&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6439M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6439M-2013-08-05) (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 - Reported engine: LYC O235L2C - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA252) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000706013529A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-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. ## 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 LAX00LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA252), Jul 6, 2000: Cessna 152 (N6439M), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the instructor to adequately supervise the student, resulting in a loss of directional control. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.