- Date
- April 7, 1979
- Place
- Sunol, CA · SUNOL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25422Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790407006599A
- Case key
- 137920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0328 79/4/7 NR.SUNOL,CA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1235 N25422 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 20, 1033 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 77 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- ACFT HIT TREE DURING ATTEMPTED CLIMB OUT FROM SIMULATED FORCED LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25422
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N25422Registration cancelled Jul 16, 2009 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.