# NTSB LAX87LA023: Cessna 152, N67752, Scottsdale, AZ, October 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1986, 17:36 local (Oct 22, 1986, 00:36 UTC)
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.490447, -111.92044 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4904&lon=-111.9204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25459
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25459/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

DURING A FIRST SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF FROM HIS THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO WHEN AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL THE RIGHT WING WAS SUDDENLY ROSE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR THEN COLLIDED WITH A TAXIWAY MARKER AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67752](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67752-2014-11-13), registration cancelled 2014-11-13, S/N 15281997, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281997
- Airframe hours: 3193
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Deer Valley Aviation, doing business as Scottsdale Aero Mech
- Registered owner: G & L Aviation Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 2, 1986, 81 hours before
- Airport: SDL, Scottsdale, runway 3, 8,251 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SDL, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861021049669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861021049669A), Oct 21, 1986: Cessna 152, Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered during takeoff and struck a runway marker. Student landed behind a jet which may have caused swerve.

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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