- Date
- June 14, 1985, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4932PCessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24741
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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.
Analysis
The acft contacted the terrain after dragging a wing during an attempted soft fld takeoff. The student plt reported the acft veered right on takeoff and the left wing dropped. The acft then turned 45 degs to the left and the wing contacted the terrain and the nose gear collapsed. The CFI reported both she and the student were attempting to operate the flt controls during the accident sequence. No flt control failure/malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4932P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284848
- Airframe hours
- 2,176
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Trans Bay Airways, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Q59 · Fremont, CA
- Destination
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Airport
- Q59 · Fremont, runway 31, 2,300 × 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
- 65
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,675 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 4,615 as pilot in command · 132 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F