34.2098° N, 118.4900° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 7, 1981 · 13:00 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4976Z
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
47 total47 in this make and model21 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.
Student lost control of aircraft during landing resulting in aircraft flipping inverted.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT FLIPPING INVERTED.