- Date
- May 26, 1989, 17:00 local (May 27, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24521Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890526012819A
- Case key
- 26416
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Probable cause
Student pilot had not attained compensation for the crosswind, and lost control of the airplane.
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 student pilot was on his third solo flight. After rotation and during initial climb, the airplane veered over the left side of the runway and struck a runway locator sign. The airplane went back to the ground and the nose gear collapsed, the right wheel broke off and the right wing struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24521
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280308
- Airframe hours
- 3,509
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Buchanan Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Buchanan Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 16, 1989 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- CCR
- Destination
- CCR
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan Field, runway 32R, 4,601 × 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.