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| Date: | Sunday 30 March 2025 |
| Time: | c. 08:01 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Pilipinas Space Aviation Academy Inc |
| Registration: | RP-C8595 |
| MSN: | 15282776 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10194 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-AE1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Libsong East, Lingayen, Pangasinan, Ilocos -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lingayen Airport (RPUG) |
| Lingayen Airport (RPUG) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB Philippines |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 152 crashed in Libsong East, Lingayen, Pangasinan, Ilocos, when performing touch and go's and approaching runway 26 for a full stop at Lingayen Airport (RPUG).
Both trainer and trainee pilot perished and the aircraft was written off.
Probable Cause
Primary Cause Factors
a. The Flight Instructor's delayed intervention on the unusual attitude of the aircraft during liftoff resulting to elevator stall.
Contributory Cause Factor
a. The Flight Instructor’s pilot monitoring and cross-checking duties were degraded during liftoff for another touch-and-go
b. The Flight Instructor’s reduced situational awareness of potential operational threats during the touch-and-go maneuver.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2048280/flight-instructor-student-pilot-die-as-plane-crashes-in-pangasinan
https://tribune.net.ph/2025/03/30/training-aircraft-crashes-in-lingayen-two-pilots-dead
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/941029/plane-crash-lingayen-pangasinan/story/
https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/468301185_1012605504219373_390926489145720887_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=tlZwbHeUrJwQ7kNvgHCNq2K&_nc_oc=Adn9Yz4f5EhUMOtVmJjQWZDqUPSLwAm8UMPB9IV3p59HDAql0lj3MkNCEIXCh1viOoF6pLzeRAFttxNFTRLDodqo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ams2-1.xx&_nc_gid=ecWtR27RWBY7BMKuJz7CFg&oh=00_AYG_AXg_U-SIb3fXzm_rmjTm_sunAB20IqiyJUJAy0MhDg&oe=67EEAC03 (photo in former c/s)
History of this aircraft
Ex N89540 Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 2015 | N89540 | Private | 0 | near Grand Bahama International Airport |  |
unk |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2025 05:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Mar-2025 07:38 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 22-Jun-2025 11:58 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 22-Jun-2025 11:59 | ASN | Updated |
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