Accident · 1991-12-21

NTSB case LAX92FA067 · CESSNA 152 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-12-21
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 152 (N69028)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Channel Islands Aviation, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION

Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND TO RECOVER FROM AN INADVERTENT STALL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S HANDLING OF THE AIRCRAFT SPECIFICALLY AN EXCESSIVE ANGLE OF ATTACK WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED AIRSPEED AND SUBSEQUENT STALL.

Source: NTSB case LAX92FA067

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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