- Date
- August 14, 1982, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48886Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820814038209A
- Case key
- 71454
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was departing on a solo cross-country flight. He lost control of the aircraft on the takeoff roll, hit a ditch and nosed over. The aircraft owner, who was also his instructor, stated that a moderate crosswind existed during the takeoff roll. The student reported that the aircraft started to head for the right side of the runway snd he overcorrected with rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48886
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281029
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Yoshiki Shioyasu
- Registered owner
- Kazuo Nakai
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Destination
- Los Banos, CA
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore Municipal, runway 25, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N48886 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.