- Date
- August 15, 1982, 10:31 local (17:31 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25484Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815038099A
- Case key
- 72544
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his first supervised solo flight. He had completed his first landing and was following through on a touch and go when he lost directional control. The aircraft veered left, ran off the side of the runway, hit a ditch and came to rest inverted. Reportedly, the student had lost control during the touch and go before he retracted the flaps for takeoff. After this mishap, the operator recommended the flight instructors have students make full stop landing on initial solo flights, so they would have more time to reconfigure the aircraft for takeoffs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25484
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280887
- Airframe hours
- 2,232
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Redwood Aviation
- Registered owner
- Peter J. Nardini
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Destination
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- STS · Sanoma County, runway 14, 5,115 × 150 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 14 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.