# Incident 19970118000629I: Cessna 152, Santa Monica, CA, January 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N6204P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6204P) (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: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970118000629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED SMO AT APPROX. 1130AM ON 1/19/97 TO PERFORM BASIC STUDENT PILOT AIRWORK. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DESCENDED DOWN BETWEEN 1500 TO 1300 FEET TO PRACTICE TURNS AROUND A POINT. THE PILOT STATED THAT UP TO THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING NORMAL AND THE ENGINE WAS RESPONSIVE. FOLLOWING THIS MANEUVER THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN TO INCREASE RPM SO HE COULD CLIMB. HE STATED THAT AT THIS POINT HE FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE, AND STAYED AT 2000 RPM. THE PILOT STATED AT THIS POINT HE CHECKED THE OBVIOUS, MIXTURE, CARBURETOR HEAT AND MAGNETOS. FOLLOWING THIS CHECK THE PILOT DECIDED TO DECLARE A MAY-DAY. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO 800 FEET AGL AND WAS CLEARED FOR A DOWNWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 3. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE ANY THROTTLE CHANGES UNTIL HE HAD THE RUNWAY MADE. AT THAT TIME HE STATED THAT HE PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE AND GOT NO RESPONSE. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED FROM THE SPEED HE WAS TRAVELING AT. HE STATED THAT HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND PUSHED THE NOSE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AT THIS TIME, HE STATED, THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE  PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT, AT THIS TIME, CAME TO A STOP, THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHURT. A FUEL LINE HAD BEEN CUT FROM THE COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR CAUSING A POST CRASH FIRE. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE LAX-FSDO FOUND THE AN-3-6 BOLT AND ATTACHING HARDWARE MISSING THAT ATTACHES THE THROTTLE CONTROL, CESSNA P/N 9863056-1 TO THE CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N6204P (1)

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

- [Incident 19850701037309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850701037309I), Jul 1, 1985: Cessna 152 (N6204P), Apple Valley, CA, Minor damage. Student porpoised on solo landing. Damage to propeller and nosewheel.

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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