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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · San Fernando, CA · September 20, 1979

Date
September 20, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place
San Fernando, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N757JV
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total50 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.

Assymetrical flap condition on go-around due to broken actuating rod. Limit switches failed to stop the flap motor.

As the FAA filed it

ASSYMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION ON GO-AROUND DUE TO BROKEN ACTUATING ROD. LIMIT SWITCHES FAILED TO STOP THE FLAP MOTOR.