- Date
- September 2, 1987, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757HKCessna 152C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870902056279A
- Case key
- 25678
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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 dual instruction flight completed 2 full stop landings on runway 06 at the cable airport. On the next takeoff the flight encountered a downdraft after turning on the crosswind leg. The instructor pilot took the controls and turned to the downwind leg but the settling persisted. Although no mechanical malfunctions were reported, the instructor did not consider that he could make it back to the airport. He elected to execute a forced landing on unsuitable terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757HK
- Reported as
- Cessna 152C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279751
- Airframe hours
- 1,804
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cableair
- Registered owner
- Bud Arnold Randall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1987
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 569 total · 238 in this make and model · 461 as pilot in command · 214 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 5 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.