# NTSB LAX82DA298: Cessna 152, N48886, Livermore, CA, August 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1982, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Coordinates: 37.680355, -121.749603 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6804&lon=-121.7496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA298
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71454/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA298

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48886-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N 15281029, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281029
- Airframe hours: 1750
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820814038209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820814038209A), Aug 14, 1982: Cessna 152, Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during takeoff.

## Other investigations on N48886 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX84LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA086), Dec 2, 1983: Cessna 152 (N48886), Fairfield, CA, substantial damage

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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