# Incident 19780824048679I: Cessna 152, Santa Monica, CA, August 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1978, 15:15 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48860-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,527 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780824048679I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER AFTER BALLOON TOUCHING DOWN ON RIGHT MAIN. WERE NOT AWARE WINGTIP STRUCK GROUND.

## Other reports on N48860 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930307004569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930307004569A), Mar 7, 1993: Cessna 152 (N48860), Apple Valley, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Reported buzzing apartment and steep abrupt turns. Impacted ground and flipped over. History of reckles operation.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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