- Date
- August 26, 1985, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N67488Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850826041309A
- Case key
- 24819
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the conclusion of a local solo instructional flt, the plt lost control during a go around attempt and crashed off the left side of the runway. While approaching the airport, the plt said the UNICOM advised the winds as light and variable. On short final for rwy 7, plt said a '25 kt cross wind' gust began drifting the aircraft off the runway and he initiated a go around. After adding full power, plt said he 'lifted the nose too high, did not have enough right rudder and the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67488
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281862
- Airframe hours
- 1,699
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kevin J. Westman
- Registered owner
- Jack K. Sathre
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1984 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- 017
- Airport
- 017 · Nevada Co, runway 7, 3,920 × 50 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.