- Date
- June 8, 1984, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4972BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840608023379A
- Case key
- 24302
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - approach light/navaid
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt lost directional control on the takeoff roll, veered off the rwy & nosed over. Winds were reported as 160 deg at 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4972B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283732
- Airframe hours
- 2,184
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Transbay Aviation
- Registered owner
- Carlisle A. Jacobsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 11, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Airport
- SQL · San Carlos, runway 30, 2,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SQL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.