- Date
- July 6, 2000, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6439MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000706013529A
- Case key
- 49626
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Probable cause
failure of the instructor to adequately supervise the student, resulting in a loss of directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Touch-and-go landings were being practiced, and the winds were variable. After power was added and the airplane was accelerating, the instructor noticed the student was not compensating for torque or crosswind. The instructor prompted the student to add right rudder, but the student reacted quickly with left rudder and brake. The instructor pulled power but did not want to make aggressive control inputs due to the airplane's speed. The airplane veered left, departed the runway, hit a runway light, and the nose gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On July 6, 2000, about 1130 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6439M, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway and collided with a runway light during a touch-and-go on runway 27L at the Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California. Sierra Academy of Aeronautics Technical Institute was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor pilot and one student were not injured. The local instructional flight departed Oakland about 1030. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The operator reported touch-and-go landings were practiced for approximately 1 hour, and the winds were variable. After power was added and the airplane was accelerating, the instructor noticed the student was not compensating for torque or crosswind. The instructor prompted the student to add right rudder, but the student reacted quickly with left rudder and brake. The instructor, who assumed control, pulled power but did not want to make aggressive control inputs due to the airplane's speed. The airplane veered left, departed the runway, and hit a runway light. The nose gear collapsed and the firewall buckled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6439M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284727
- Airframe hours
- 15,157
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sierra Academy Of Aeronautics
- Registered owner
- Christensen Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 1, 2000 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- OAK
- Airport
- OAK · Oakland International, runway 27L, 6,212 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 600 in this make and model · 1,270 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 142 °F, dew point 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.