- Date
- June 22, 1988, 20:35 local (Jun 23, 1988, 03:35 UTC)
- Place
- Stonyford, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4792BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880622057739A
- Case key
- 26041
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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
During a cross country flight, the pilot was flying 500 feet AGL over mountainous terrain when a strong downdraft was encountered. The airplane was unable to climb out of it and subsequently collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4792B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283638
- Airframe hours
- 6,015
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Training Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 11, 1988
- Departed
- RBL · Red Bluff, CA
- Destination
- HWD · Hayward, CA
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 33 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.