20200419004879A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Corona, CA · April 19, 2020

Date
April 19, 2020 · 10:52 local
Place
Corona, CA
Airport
Corona Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6306P
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR20LA126
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total64 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N6306P, a Cessna 152, made an emergency landing on a service road approximately one quarter of a mile west of Corona Municipal Airport. There were two people on board, the pilot and a passenger. The pilot, privacy data omitted, was performing touch and go take off and landings in the traffic pattern at Corona Municipal Airport. The first take-off and landing was non eventful, and the aircraft was performing optimally. After the second take-off, the aircraft began a climb to pattern altitude. After turning cross wind, the engine failed. The pilot attempted to land the aircraft on the service road, but did not make it. The aircraft hit a fence, went down a small hill and eventually hit nose down on the service road causing the aircraft to flip upside down. The aircraft resulted in substantial damage with minor injuries to the pilot and passenger.

As the FAA filed it

N6306P, A CESSNA 152, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A SERVICE ROAD APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WEST OF CORONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD, THE PILOT AND A PASSENGER. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT CORONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE FIRST TAKE-OFF AND LANDING WAS NON EVENTFUL, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING OPTIMALLY. AFTER THE SECOND TAKE-OFF, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A CLIMB TO PATTERN ALTITUDE. AFTER TURNING CROSS WIND, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE SERVICE ROAD, BUT DID NOT MAKE IT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE, WENT DOWN A SMALL HILL AND EVENTUALLY HIT NOSE DOWN ON THE SERVICE ROAD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N6306P · 2

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