# Accident 20030506012619A: Cessna 152, Pala Town, CA, May 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pala Town, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3833° N, 117.0500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3833&lon=-117.0500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48796, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48796-2005-09-27) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030506012619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM, A CESSNA 152 AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE AREA OF PALA TOWN, CA. THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME AND BOTH SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT INVOLVING COMMERCIAL PILOT MANEUVERS. AFTER A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENT CLIMB AND CRASHED INTO A THICKLY WOODED AREA IN A STEEP CANYON AREA. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LARGE OAK TREE, SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO REST AT A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS AN EXPERIENCED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WAS A PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS BEING TRAINED FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, AND WHO WAS ALSO CURRENT AND RATED IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX03LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA148), May 6, 2003: Cessna 152 (N48796), Pala, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the dual student's delay in executing the proper recovery procedures and improper retraction of the flaps, the CFI's inadequate supervision during the recovery to normal flight, the CFI's delayed…

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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