# NTSB LAX82DA301: Cessna 152, N25484, Santa Rosa, CA, August 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1982, 10:31 local (17:31 UTC)
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Coordinates: 38.439498, -122.780487 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4395&lon=-122.7805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72544
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA301
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72544/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA301

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25484-2013-08-08), registration cancelled 2013-08-08, S/N 15280687, 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: 15280887
- Airframe hours: 2232
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820815038099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820815038099A), Aug 15, 1982: Cessna 152, Santa Rosa, CA, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control during touch and go landing on first supervised solo.

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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