- Date
- September 13, 1989, 16:34 local (23:34 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Park, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25776Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890913065129A
- Case key
- 26250
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Probable cause
An inadequate performed preflight inspection by the dual student and the inadequate supervision of the dual student by the instructor pilot. Contaminated fuel was a factor in the accident.
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 instructor pilot and his non-certificated student pilot were preparing for takeoff and landing training. The instructor stated that the student pilot was finishing the preflight when he arrived at the aircraft. The instructor stated that he checked the oil and made a visual check of the fuel quantity in the right wing tank. The student pilot made the takeoff and as the aircraft climbed to 150 feet above the runway the engine failed. The instructor took over the controls for the off airport forced landing. The aircraft collided with a residence, impacted the ground in a street and nosed over on its back. A post crash fire consumed the cabin section.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25776
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280778
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Liberty Aviation Services
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 444 total · 117 in this make and model · 390 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 109 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FUL, 1 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.