- Date
- December 17, 1990, 10:58 local (18:58 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4722PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901217054759A
- Case key
- 27078
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Probable cause
The student pilots failure to maintain directional control during the landing. A factor in the accident was his 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 28 hour solo student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 25R and was on his fourth landing which was to be a touch and go. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway and collided with rough terrain and nosed over inverted. The pilot stated to FAA safety inspectors that it felt like the nose wheel steering did not work. The aircraft was inspected by FAA airworthiness inspectors who reported that no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures were identified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4722P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284803
- Airframe hours
- 3,432
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Particles Inc.
- Registered owner
- Santos Antone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 11, 1990 · 52 hours before
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore Muni, runway 25, 5,255 × 100 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVK, 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.