# Incident 19971005035199I: Cessna 152, Landers, CA, October 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Landers, CA
- Airport: Giant Rock
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2661° N, 116.3931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Landers, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2661&lon=-116.3931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89021, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89021) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 9 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971005035199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 5, 1997, AT 1730 PDT, A CESSNA CE152, N89021, OPERATED BY MR. CRAIG RYAN SCOTT, LANDED ON AN UNATTENDED AIRPORT WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HIT A RUT IN THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS TORN LOOSE FROM THE LOWER RIGHT MOUNT, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN WAS NOTED. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR PASSENGER SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES. 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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