Cessna 152 N48754

Summary

On 8 August 1982 at about 17:50 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N48754, operated by Barbara & William Horn Heiskan, was involved in an accident near Weaverville, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 August 1982 at 17:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Weaverville, California, United States

Nearest airport

Weaverville (054)

Coordinates

40.7401, -122.9310

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N48754

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Barbara & William Horn Heiskan

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Weaverville → Weaverville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA291

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT A UNIDIRECTIONAL RUNWAY. THE AIRPORT PROCEDURE WAS TO TAKEOFF DOWNHILL ON RUNWAY 18 AND TO LAND UPHILL ON RUNWAY 36. PILOTS, WHO FLEW AT THE AIRPORT, STATED THAT GO-AROUNDS WERE NOT MADE ON RUNWAY 36 SINCE THE TERRAIN AND TREES RISE VERY SHARPLY. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36, THE PLANE WAS ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE RUNWAY AND WAS STILL 30 TO 40 FT IN THE AIR WHEN THE PILOT BEGAN A GO-AROUND. THEY SAW THE PLANE CONTINUE IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, AT OR NEAR THE STALL SPEED, BUT GAINING NO SIGNIFICANT CLEARANCE ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A PINE TREE AND THE PLANE CRASHED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 4600 FT. THE RUNWAY WAS 3390 FT LONG AND HAD A 5 DEGREE UPSLOPE TO THE NORTH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.