Cessna 152 N45969
5 January 2009 · Long Beach, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 January 2009 at about 21:42 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N45969, operated by Temco Sky Network, was involved in an accident near Long Beach, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Long Beach-Daughtery Field Air (LGB)
- Coordinates
- 33.8175, -118.1514
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N45969
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Temco Sky Network
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Long Beach → Redlands
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR09CA073
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failuire to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
At rotation during the takeoff roll, the airplane veered off the runway, crossed a taxiway, struck a parked helicopter, and impacted cement pilings before erupting in flames. The student pilot reported that he attempted to correct back to the runway with right aileron and rudder, and when the airplane continued off the runway, he tried to close the throttle and stop the airplane. A ground witness reported that the engine noise increased as the airplane came toward the helicopter as if the pilot were attempting to take off. The airplane was destroyed by the ground fire and no meaningful examinations could be made of the control system or the brakes.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 2009 | Cessna 152 | Crystal River, Florida, United States | Airline Career Associates (Orlando Flight Training | No injuries | - |
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| 24 Feb 2009 | Cessna 152 | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States | Fort Wayne Flight Academy Inc | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 2009 | Cessna 152 | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 2009 | Cessna 152 | Merced, California, United States | Sierra Academy of Aeronautics | No injuries | - |
| 3 May 2009 | Cessna 152 | Opelousas, Louisiana, United States | T & M Aviation, INC | No injuries | - |
All 3,030 records for this type
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