# NTSB LAX84LA024: Cessna 152II, N6412M, Groveland, CA, October 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1983, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Groveland, CA
- Coordinates: 37.849918, -120.010856 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8499&lon=-120.0109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24067
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24067/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA024

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6412M), registered now, S/N 15284715 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152II
- 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: 84715
- Airframe hours: 1458
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831022055079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831022055079A), Oct 22, 1983: Cessna 152, Groveland, CA, Substantial damage. Landed downwind. Unable to stop. Ran off end of runway into rough ground and nosed over.

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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