- Date
- June 10, 1988, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25409Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880610019769A
- Case key
- 26031
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo instructional flt, the pilot stated that he may have had his foot on the left rudder pedal on landing. When the airplane touched down it veered to the left off the runway and into a ditch. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25409
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280638
- Airframe hours
- 3,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North Star Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Destination
- RDD
- Airport
- RDD · Redding, runway 34, 7,003 × 150 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.