- Date
- February 26, 1984, 16:00 local (Feb 27, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fair Oaks, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24470Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840226004949A
- Case key
- 24184
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.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedCause
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Analysis
The student plt was on her second supervised solo. She reported that 'on her third landing, she misjudged the distance and undershot the runway.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24470
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 80270
- Airframe hours
- 2,420
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Engle Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 011
- Airport
- Phoenix Field, runway 18, 2,600 × 40 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.