- Date
- October 22, 1983, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Groveland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6412MCessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831022055079A
- Case key
- 24067
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Aborted landing - not performedCause
Go-around - performedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overloadFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The acft called in on radio to land on rwy 27 but landed on rwy 09. The acft landed fast, bounced, and went off the end of the rwy. The nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6412M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 84715
- Airframe hours
- 1,458
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 068 · Pine Mountain Lake, runway 9, 3,640 × 50 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 213 in this make and model · 128 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.