- Date
- May 12, 1982, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Fernando, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6598MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820512015499A
- Case key
- 72492
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Go-around - not performed
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control during landing and veered into a parked van. This was his second supervised solo flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6598M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284771
- Airframe hours
- 879
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Short Field Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Short Field Flying Service
- Departed
- SFR · San Fernando, CA
- Destination
- SFR · San Fernando, CA
- Airport
- SFR · San Fernando, runway 19, 2,965 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10 total · 10 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UNI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.