- Date
- March 13, 1982, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Navato, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6346QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313004049A
- Case key
- 71836
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After returning to the airport, the student pilot made one touch and go landing and noticed gusty crosswind conditions. He elected to make the next landing to a full stop. He reported that during the landing flare, he lost control and the aircraft was blown off of the runway. It collided with a estuary bank about 100 yards east of the runway. The wind was estimated to be from 240 degrees at 10 gusting 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6346Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285233
- Airframe hours
- 271
- Engine
- Continental O-230, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vindare Aviation Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Vindare Aviation Incorporated
- Departed
- Navato, CA
- Destination
- Navato, CA
- Airport
- Gnoss, runway 29, 3,300 × 0 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.