# Incident 19940731020019I: Cessna 152, Santa Monica, CA, July 31, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1994, 14:02 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67796) (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: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940731020019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING AT THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR COUNSELED; ADDITIONAL TRAINING GIVEN TO STUDENT WITH EMPHASIS ON BOUNCED LANDINGS AND GO-AROUNDS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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