# Accident 20251027017549A: Cessna 152, Richfield, UT, October 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: Richfield, UT
- Airport: Richfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7300° N, 112.1000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7300&lon=-112.1000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49792, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49792) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 92 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251027017549A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT AND CALLED AWOS. THE REPORT WAS WINDS 310 @ 5, WINDS CALM. THE PILOT THOUGHT THE WIND SOCKS LOOKED TO BE MORE BREEZY THAN THE REPORT. THE AIRMAN ELECTED FOR A NORTHERN TAKEOFF DUE TO THE NEAREST SOCK REFLECTED WIND FROM THE NORTH. WHEN HE TAXIED TO THE RUN UP AREA THE NOW CLOSEST WINDSOCK WAS REFLECTING A CROSSWIND FROM THE WEST. HE CHECKED AWOS AGAIN AND IT HAD THE SAME REPORT AS BEFORE. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL EVERYTHING INDICATED GOOD. HE WAS DRIFTING LEFT AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND DIPPED THE LEFT AILERON. THE AIRMAN REPORTS FEELING A PUSH, MAYBE A WIND SHIFT AND IT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A BERM AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 WPR26LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA033), Oct 27, 2025: Cessna 152 (N49792), Richfield, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control in gusting wind conditions during the takeoff roll.

## Other reports on N49792 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880613021459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880613021459A), Jun 13, 1988: Cessna 152 (N49792), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. Student pilot on third solo landing lost directional control, veered off runway and aircraft flipped over.

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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