# Accident 20020508010699A: Cessna 152, Sacramento, CA, May 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Executive Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5125° N, 121.4936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5125&lon=-121.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67975, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67975-2002-08-27) (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 LAX02LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020508010699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT HAD FINISHED REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE FLIGHT. SHE STARTED THE ENGINE AND PROCEEDED TO ADJUST THE SEAT. THE SEAT MOVED FULL AFT AND THE PILOT COULD NOT REACH THE RUDDER PEDALS AND CONSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED FORWARD AND STRUCK TWO PARKED FUEL TRUCKS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 LAX02LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA154), May 8, 2002: Cessna 152 (N67975), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to ensure the seat was set properly prior to engine start, and not using the parking brake when adjustment of seat was necessary, which resulted in the inadvertent deactivation…

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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