# NTSB GAA19CA390: Cessna 152, N6306P, Tracy, CA, July 2, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 2, 2019, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Tracy, CA - Coordinates: 37.688888, -121.441665 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4417&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 16, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 99783 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA390 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99783/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99783 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA390 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a vehicle. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: ground vehicle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 132 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 41 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 84 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The operator reported that, during the solo student pilot's landing, the airplane immediately veered left and exited the runway, and the left wing struck a vehicle on the adjacent taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The operator reported that during the solo student pilot's landing, the airplane immediately veered left, exited the runway and the left wing struck a paving vehicle on the adjacent taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The operator reported that there was no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations. The operator and the student pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6306P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6306P-2020-08-02), registration cancelled 2020-08-02, S/N 15284997, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 (No Series) - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15284997 - Year built: 1981 - Airframe hours: 7926.3 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 SERIES reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: CC Aviation Inc, doing business as Skyview Aviation - Registered owner: CC Aviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 3, 2019 - Departed: TCY, Tracy, CA - Destination: TCY, Tracy, CA - Airport: TCY, Tracy Muni, runway 30, 4,001 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 40; injuries: none; student; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 90 total, 38 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: KSCK, 16 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20190702017479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190702017479A), Jul 2, 2019: Cessna 152, Tracy, CA, Substantial damage. Tracy, CA (tcy): N6306P, C152, tcy-tcy, student pilot landing rwy 30, lost control and ran off rwy, clipped a paving machine on the adjacent taxiway then… ## Other investigations on N6306P (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 WPR20LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA126), Apr 19, 2020: Cessna 152 (N6306P), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat while operating in conditions conducive to serious carburetor icing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 17, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99783. 387 KB in all. - Record of Conversation (Operator) (item 1, .PDF, 139 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40482586&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Operator)%20-Master.PDF - FAA Statement (item 2, .PDF, 94 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40482587&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Statement-Master.PDF - Accident Photo (item 3, .PDF, 154 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40482588&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.