# Accident 20041025033009A: Cessna 152, Imperial, CA, October 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2004, 19:15 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Airport: Imperial County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8342° N, 115.5786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8342&lon=-115.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4734B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4734B-2007-10-16) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041025033009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN OBSERVED THE STUDENT PILOT DEPART AND FLY A STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN AT IMPERIAL COUNTY AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, WITH FULL FLAPS, THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, ULTIMATELY COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE "LOST HIS FOCUS" AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. NO MECHANICAL DEFECT OR FAILURE INDICATED. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT, INCLUDING THE DECISION TO ENDORSE THE STUDENT PILOT FOR SOLO FLIGHT, WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE STUDENT PILOT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

## 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 LAX05CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA017), Oct 26, 2004: Cessna 152 (N4734B), Imperial, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in the airplane veering off of the runway surface and nosing over.

## Other reports on N4734B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950922030049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950922030049I), Sep 22, 1995: Cessna 152 (N4734B), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. Poor opened on takeoff. Returned. Bounced and porpoised landing. Collapsed nose gear. Landed fast no flaps.

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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