- Date
- September 14, 1989, 13:57 local (20:57 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49697Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890914034889A
- Case key
- 26502
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision by the student pilot. Contributing factors were the parked aircraft, hangar, and the student pilot's lack of total experience.
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 practicing landings in calm wind conditions. While on an approach behind another airplane, he started a go-around, then his aircraft encountered wake turbulence from the other plane and rolled abruptly to the right. Subsequently, it collided with two other aircraft and a hangar. A wall of the hangar collapsed, damaging a third aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49697
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283497
- Airframe hours
- 2,951
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cardinal Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Guy Farey
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 10, 1989 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo, runway 22, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.