# Accident 20041028026749A: Cessna 152, Santa Teresa, NM, October 28, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2004, 08:20 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Santa Teresa Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8811° N, 106.7047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8811&lon=-106.7047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5290B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5290B-2008-09-05) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 56 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041028026749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, AT 0820 MDT, A CESSNA 152, N5290B, REGISTERED TO TTEA INC., RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED DURING TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 28 AT DONA ANA COUNTY AIRPORT, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DONA ANA COUNTY AIRPORT AT 0755 MDT.

## 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 DEN05CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA016), Oct 28, 2004: Cessna 152 (N5290B), Santa Teresa, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot' failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's failure to abort the takeoff.

## Other reports on N5290B (1)

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

- [Incident 20000221018659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000221018659I), Feb 21, 2000: Cessna 152 (N5290B), Apalachicola, FL. (-23)On febuary 21, 2000, at 1414 MST, a Cessna 152, N5290B, registered to [privacy data omitted], made a precautionary landing at biggs airfield, ft. bliss,…

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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