- Date
- December 26, 1992, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63394Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921226051929A
- Case key
- 27893
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
1) The pilots failure to compensate for winds during the landing sequence, 2) the improper use of the flight controls by not maintaining directional control of the aircraft,and 3) the pilots failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during the landing phase which resulted in a stall.
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 conducting touch and go takeoffs and landings. The pilot reported that he encountered a crosswind in which he 'countered with a slight bank angle.' He also stated that the aircraft began to yaw counterclockwise and he tried to correct with rudder, applied full power to take off, and pulled back on the yoke. The airplane contacted the ground nose first, at which point the nose gear collapsed. The airplane came to rest approximately 50 feet south of the runway. The surface winds were 070 degrees at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63394
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077281
- Airframe hours
- 3,392
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alameda Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Alameda Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1992 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- OAK
- Airport
- OAK · Metro. Oakland Intl., runway 27, 6,212 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 68 total · 67 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK, 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.