- Date
- April 2, 1990, 13:36 local (20:36 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5169BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900402013809A
- Case key
- 26767
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain adequate control of the airplane during the takeoff roll.
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
On April 2, 1990, at 1336 PDT, Cessna 152 (N5169B) collided with a ditch and nosed over during the takeoff ground run from runway 19, at sonoma county airport, Santa Rosa, California. The certified student pilot was not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft was being operated by dragonfly aviation, inc of Santa Rosa, California under 14 CFR part 91 at the time of the accident. The winds were reported from 180 degrees at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5169B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283785
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dragonfly Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dragonfly Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- STS · Sonoma County, runway 19, 5,002 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5169B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.