# Accident 20100208027159A: Yakovlev YAK 52, Redlands, CA, February 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2010, 12:53 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0944° N, 117.1264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0944&lon=-117.1264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52VY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52VY-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK 52
- Reported engine: VENDENYEV M14P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 21 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100208027159A

## Narrative

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

N52VY, A YAK52, DEPARTED REDLANDS AIRPORT FOR THE LOCAL AEROBATIC PRACTICE AREA.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A WASH .85 NM NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AT 081253PST.  TWO FATALITIES, AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR10FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA131), Feb 8, 2010: Yakovlev YAK 52 (N52VY), Redlands, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and altitude sufficient to recover from a low-level aerobatic maneuver.

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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