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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Santa Ana, CA · February 15, 1988

Date
February 15, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4853L
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
65 total65 in this make and model24 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 flared too soon. Made a hard landing. Veered off runway and back onto runway. Bent prop and nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLARED TOO SOON. MADE A HARD LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND BACK ONTO RUNWAY. BENT PROP AND NOSE GEAR.

Other reports on N4853L · 1

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