- Date
- September 26, 1978
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA · GRASS VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48960Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780926027769A
- Case key
- 140166
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2519 78/9/26 GRASS VALLEY,CA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1315 N48960 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEVADA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UKIAH,CA GRASS VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48960
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nevada County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.