Cessna 152 N25932

Summary

On 30 January 2007 at about 23:47 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N25932 was involved in an accident near Aptos, 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

30 January 2007 at 23:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Aptos, California, United States

Nearest airport

Watsonville Muni (WVI)

Coordinates

36.9333, -121.8500

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N25932

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

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

LAX07CA076

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's becoming lost and disoriented that resulted in an improper in-flight decision to make a precautionary landing in an unsuitable open field.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane nosed over during an off airport landing. During the student pilot's second solo cross-country flight, he became disoriented and scared after he had flown between two cloud layers, and was unable to see the ground. He said he panicked and was having difficulty thinking clearly. He descended into the clouds at 4,000 feet msl, and broke out of the clouds about 1,100 feet msl, where he was able to see an open field. He elected to land in the field; however, during the landing roll out, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.