- Date
- October 27, 2025, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Richfield, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49792Cessna 152
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20251027017549A
- Case key
- 201932
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control in gusting wind conditions during the takeoff roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
The pilot reported that on takeoff, with a gusting crosswind, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway. The airplane struck a berm, nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49792
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-83517
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 12,528
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sierra Lima Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Sierra Lima Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 2024
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- RIF · Richfield Municipal, runway 01, 7,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 55
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 23, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 142.3 total · 92.5 in this make and model · 47.1 as pilot in command · 0 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- RIF
- METAR
- METAR KFOM 271855Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 13/03 A3018 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N49792 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.