- Date
- December 14, 1979
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5085BCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791214034229A
- Case key
- 132082
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3742 79/12/14 SANTA ROSA,CA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2030 N5085B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 1582 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 860 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA ROSA AIR CN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PETALOMA,CA. SANTA ROSA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DRG NGT LNDG ON RWY WO LGTS,STUDENT PLT LNDD ON FRESHLY MOWED GRASS NEXT TO RWY,ENCTRD SOFT TRRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5085B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Rosa Air Cn
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.