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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Mesa, AZ · March 30, 1978

Date
March 30, 1978 · 12:30 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N48871
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
64 total64 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot started go-around. Changed his mind when traffic moved. Tried to land too fast. Bent the nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STARTED GO-AROUND. CHANGED HIS MIND WHEN TRAFFIC MOVED. TRIED TO LAND TOO FAST. BENT THE NOSE GEAR.