# NTSB WPR14CA053: Cessna 152, N821EB, Livermore, CA, November 13, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 12, 2013, 16:15 local (Nov 13, 2013, 00:15 UTC) - Place: Livermore, CA - Coordinates: 37.693332, -121.820274 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6933&lon=-121.8203&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 December 19, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 88428 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14CA053 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88428/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88428 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA053 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [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) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · 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) - [Object/animal/substance: sign/marker](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 152, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 214 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/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) - [Taxi-from runway: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 84 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot took off and performed 3 uneventful touch-and-go landings. During the roll out after the pilot's final landing, he exited at the first taxiway at a high rate of speed and lost directional control. The airplane veered off the runway and collided with a taxiway sign. The nose gear collapsed and the firewall was substantially damaged. There was no report of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The student pilot took off and performed 3 uneventful touch-and-go landings. During the roll out after the pilot's final landing, he exited at the first taxi way at a high rate of speed and lost directional control. The airplane veered off the runway and collided with a taxiway sign. The nose gear collapsed and the firewall was substantially damaged. There was no report of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N821EB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821EB-2021-04-08), registration cancelled 2021-04-08, S/N 15285210, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-235-L2C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-l2c) (registry code 42035, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15285210 - Year built: 1982 - Airframe hours: 6122 - Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 118 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Ahart Aviation Services - Registered owner: Ahart Aviation Services - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 4, 2013 - Departed: KLVK, Livermore, CA - Destination: KLVK, Livermore, CA - Airport: KLVK, Livermore, runway 25R, 5,253 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 24; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 37.4 total, 37.4 in this make and model, 0.5 as pilot in command, 27.2 in the last 90 days, 13.3 in the last 30 days, 0.6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.20 inHg - Observed at: KLVK ## 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 20131112026019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131112026019A), Nov 12, 2013: Cessna 152, Livermoore, CA, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Was on his first solo flight as a student pilot. He accomplished three touch and goes at the Livermoore airport. After the third… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 17, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88428. 4.6 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 630 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40406184&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Nose gear collapse (item 2, .PDF, 4.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40406185&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Nose%20gear%20collapse-Master.PDF 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. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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