# Incident 19970406004979I: Cessna 152, Fullerton, CA, April 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1997, 15:06 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6432Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6432Q) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406004979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE STUDENT PILOT WAS DOING SOLO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT HIS AIRPORT OF INSTRUCTION. HE HAD COMPLETED THREE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HAD REQUESTED THE NEXT ONE TO BE HIS LAST TO A FULL STOP. ON SHORT FINAL HE ASKED FOR A WIND CHECK AND WAS TOLD THE WIND WAS 190/12KTS. WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HE BOUNCED AND BEGAN A SERIES OF PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS. ON THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT KNOCKED DOWN A TAXIWAY SIGN ON THE WEST SIDE OF DELTA TAXIWAY AND CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE LGB FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THE DAMAGE TO BE MINOR. BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE CONTACTED AND COUNSELED REGARDING THIS INCIDENT.

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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