- Date
- December 1, 1984, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4974BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841201064199A
- Case key
- 24600
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Clearance - inadequateCause
TotalFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Student plt stated, while landing a 45 deg x-wing picked up the wing and flipped acft over. Plt was on a solo x-country flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4974B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Claire Walters Flight Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Robles Muni
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.