# Accident 20001024040489A: Cessna 152, Alpine, CA, October 24, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2000, 16:43 local time
- Place: Alpine, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6810° N, 116.4705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6810&lon=-116.4705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24961, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24961-2012-09-10) (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 O235N2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 858 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001024040489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT, A CE-152, N24961 WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR ALPINE, CALIFORNIA. THE TWO OCCUPANTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SEBASTIEN G. FARROW AND STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED.    (.4) ON OCTOBER 24, 2000, AT 1643 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N24961, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR ALPINE, CALIFORNIA. ANGLO AMERICAN AVIATION WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 1600. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE ACCIDENT'S GPS COORDINATES WERE 32 DEGREES 50.665 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 116 DEGREES 41.502 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. THE GPS ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 2,300 FEET. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 400 FEET, AND THEN SPIRAL TO THE GROUND. NO WITNESSES OBSERVED ANY SMOKE OR FLAMES. THEY WERE TOO FAR AWAY TO HEAR ANY ENGINE SOUNDS. VARIOUS WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THEY ROUTINELY OBSERVED AIRPLANES PRACTICE LOW LEVEL MANEUVERS IN THIS  AREA.

## 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 LAX01FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA024), Oct 24, 2000: Cessna 152 (N24961), Alpine, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with terrain.

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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