- Date
- March 24, 1986, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49420Cessna C-152T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860324029469A
- Case key
- 25101
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Cessna 152 collided with terrain after running off rwy 29L. The plt indicated he made a go-around on first approach due to difficulty maintaining rwy heading. On second approach he was aligned a little left of centerline and elected to land. The acft touched down with the right wheel on the rwy and the left wheel on the shoulder. On rollout the acft crossed a perpendicular taxiway and the nose wheel dropped into a small drainage ditch. The winds were reported from 310 deg at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49420
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281251
- Airframe hours
- 4,252
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Palo Alto Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Clark Cheney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1986 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Destination
- FAT · Fresno, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FAT · Fresno Air Terminal, runway 29L, 3,902 × 75 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 74 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.