# NTSB LAX82DA169: Cessna 152, N6598M, San Fernando, CA, May 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1982, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: San Fernando, CA
- Coordinates: 34.280677, -118.439903 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2807&lon=-118.4399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA169
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72492/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA169

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6598M-1982-08-06), registration cancelled 1982-08-06, S/N 15284771 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284771
- Airframe hours: 879
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820512015499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820512015499A), May 12, 1982: Cessna 152, San Fernando, CA, Destroyed. Student pilot lost control of aircraft during landing.

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.

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