- Date
- June 6, 1982, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Andreas, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6341MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820606021309A
- Case key
- 72472
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was a foreign national that was scheduled for a solo cross-country flight. He departed with a passenger that was a private pilot with a ground instructor rating. According to the passenger, the student had not flown for 8 days and was afraid to fly the solo cross-country alone. While landing at one of the en route airports, the student was high on final approach and touched down about midway down the runway. The student began applying brakes, and then a go-around was initiated with some help from the passenger. Reportedly, the left stabilizer struck an approach light during takeoff. After landing, a 2 1/2 inch hole was found in the stabilizer. The passenger and pilot covered the hole with duct tape and proceeded on the cross-country. After returning to the home airport, two stress cracks were found in the rear spar of the stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6341M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 84682
- Airframe hours
- 657
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center West
- Registered owner
- Air Center West
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- 3CA7 · Greenfield, CA
- Airport
- 034 · Calaveras, runway 13, 3,000 × 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.