- Date
- April 11, 1988, 18:00 local (Apr 12, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Temecula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5518HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880411009839A
- Case key
- 25985
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final approach, the pilot encountered crosswind conditions and was unable to maintain the runway centerline. The pilot advanced the throttle and remembered hearing the stall horn. The aircraft cleared a building by 10 feet off the side of the runway and then crashed into a parking lot striking a parked vehicle. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5518H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284108
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flitech Aviation
- Departed
- P0C · Brackett, CA
- Destination
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2LO · Rancho California, runway 12, 3,023 × 60 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 60 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 22 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.