Cessna 152 N25562

Summary

On 16 January 2003 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N25562, operated by Squadron 2, was involved in an accident near Salinas, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 January 2003 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Salinas, California, United States

Nearest airport

Salinas Muni (SNS)

Coordinates

36.6704, -121.6090

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N25562

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Squadron 2

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

King City → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03LA068

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's inadequate compensation and his failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors were wet and dirt terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On the landing rollout the airplane encountered a crosswind, veered off the runway, and nosed over. The student stated that he made a normal approach to runway 13, correcting for a small crosswind from the left. On final the airplane was at 65 knots with 30 degrees of flaps extended. The right wheel touched down first followed by the nose wheel. The left wheel had almost made contact with the ground when a crosswind from the left lifted up the left wing, which caused the airplane to veer to the left. The pilot attempted to correct the airplane from turning left by applying right rudder, right brake, and simultaneously turning the ailerons to the left. The airplane continued in the turn, and the pilot noted that as he added aileron the airplane would continue to increase the turn to the left. At that point he decided to abort the landing. He added full power, which caused the turn to increase. The airplane had departed the runway and was headed for a runway sign in a dirt area. He decided to add left rudder to complete the turn to the left to avoid the runway sign. Once the nose wheel contacted the wet dirt, it dug into the ground and broke off. The airplane came to rest inverted. The student pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.