# NTSB LAX85LVM02: Cessna 152, N6273Q, San Jose, CA, April 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1985, 17:50 local (Apr 5, 1985, 01:50 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Coordinates: 37.339698, -121.900993 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3397&lon=-121.9010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24856
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LVM02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24856/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LVM02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED, 'ON THIRD APPROACH, WHICH FOLLOWED 2 GO-AROUNDS; LANDING WAS MADE AND GUSTY WINDS FORCED AIRCRAFT OFF NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY AND INTO DRAINAGE DITCH WHERE AIRCRAFT STRUCK BRUSH & CAME TO REST.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6273Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6273Q-1993-12-28), registration cancelled 1993-12-28, S/N 15285216 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15205216
- Airframe hours: 18447
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: W. Vernon Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Q59, FREMONT AIRPORT, CA
- Airport: San Antonio, runway 9, 2,100 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 553 total, 553 in this make and model, 143 as pilot in command, 133 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850404012459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850404012459A), Apr 4, 1985: Cessna 152, San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. After landing, pilot unable to compensate for crosswind. Aircraft left side of runway into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N6273Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX93LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA197), Apr 28, 1993: Cessna 152 (N6273Q), Lakeport, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's misjudging the landing flare altitude. A factor relating to this accident was the student pilot's lack of total experience.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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