- Date
- September 17, 1987, 08:26 local (15:26 UTC)
- Place
- Napa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6576BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870917053389A
- Case key
- 25690
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on her 2nd solo flt. She rprtd that on her 1st landing, the acft bounced on the main gear, then drifted to the left & went off the rwy. She applied full power & raised the flaps in an attempt to go around. Witnesses rprtd the acft attained an alt of about 20 ft. the plt felt an airframe buffet, then the acft rolled left, pitched down & crashed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was rprtd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6576B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283953
- Airframe hours
- 2,153
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. A. Bridgeford, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 13, 1987 · 53 hours before
- Airport
- APC · Napa County, runway 18R, 5,931 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.