# NTSB SEA08CA198: Cessna 152, N24342, Columbia, CA, September 13, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 13, 2008, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Columbia, CA - Coordinates: 38.031665, -120.415 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0317&lon=-120.4150&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 10, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 68930 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA08CA198 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68930/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA198 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's improper use of the throttle control. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Engine controls: power lever](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057603): Aircraft › Aircraft power plant · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057603/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 95 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057603/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 41 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight and was landing at his planned destination. During the landing flare, he added engine power to help arrest the rate of descent, but after making a smooth successful touchdown, he forgot to reduce the engine power back to idle. With significantly greater than idle power being produced by the engine, the pilot lost directional control during his attempt to slow the airplane. The airplane veered off the runway and impacted a wall of boulders that had been erected as a barrier. ## Factual narrative The student pilot, who was on a solo cross-country flight, was landing at his planned destination. During the landing flare, he added engine power to help arrest the rate of descent, but after making a smooth successful touchdown, he forgot to reduce the engine power. During his attempt to slow the airplane, with significantly greater than idle power being produced by the engine, the pilot lost directional control. After departing the runway, the airplane impacted a wall of boulders that had been erected as a barrier. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N24342](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24342-2010-04-13), registration cancelled 2010-04-13, S/N 15280227, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15280227 - Engines: Continental O-235L2C reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Flying Vikings - Registered owner: Flying Vikings - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KHWD, Hayward, CA - Destination: O22, Columbia, CA - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: O22, Columbia Airport, runway 35, 4,670 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 1; flight hours: 66 total, 66 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 86 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20080913849719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080913849719A), Sep 13, 2008: Cessna 152, Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On sept 13, 2008 a Cessna CE172 (N24342 with student pilot at the controls on a solo x-cty flight attempted a landing on rwy 35 at Columbia Airport (O22)… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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