# Accident 20191130022269A: Yakovlev YAK 52, Wrightsville, GA, November 30, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2019, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wrightsville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7667° N, 82.8100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7667&lon=-82.8100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52CY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52CY-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK 52
- Reported engine: VEDENEYEV M-14P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,918 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191130022269A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/30/2019, APPROXIMATELY 09:15 AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), AIRCRAFT N52CY A 1988 YAKOVLEY YAK 52, AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUMBER 880006, MADE A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM THE WAYCROSS, GA AIRPORT (KAYS). THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KAYS WITH FULL FUEL, ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, EN ROUTE TO SANDERSVILLE GA. AIRPORT (KOKZ).  THE AIRCRAFT HAD ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING IN AN EMERGENCY LANDING. IT LANDED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN, WHICH RESULTED IN A MINOR INJURY TO THE PASSENGER.

## 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 ERA20LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA045), Nov 30, 2019: Yakovlev YAK 52 (N52CY), Wrightsville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 5 cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in an forced off-airport landing.

## Other reports on N52CY (1)

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

- [Incident 20040416007519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416007519I), Apr 16, 2004: Yaklev YAK52 (N52CY), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 4/16/04 about 1840 local time, yak 52, N52CY, operated by chanock richka, certificate no. 261714720, as pilot-in-command, while landing, experienced…

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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