# Incident 19990420014599I: Cessna 152, Santa Monica, CA, April 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1999, 09:15 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: N152DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990420014599I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 20, 1999, MRS BETINA E. PAVRI (A STUDENT PILOT) PILOTED N152DS (CE-152), ON A SOLO FLIGHT FROM EL MONTE AIRPORT (EMT) TO SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (SMO). AFTER RECEIVING A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM RIVERSIDE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS), MRS. PAVRI DEPARTED EMT WEST BOUND FOR SMO.  MRS. PAVRI MONITORED SMO'S ATIS AND MADE HER INITIAL RADIO CALL TEN MILES EAST OF SMO.  SMO TOWER GAVE N152DS INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21.  WHILE IN BOUND FROM THE EAST, MRS. PAVRI BECAME DISORIENTATED AND FOUND HERSELF SOUTHEAST OF THE SMO.  SMO TOWER NOTED 152DS'S POSITION AND DIRECTED 152DS TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO A HEADING OF 300 DEGREES TO ENTER A LEFT BASE ENTRY FOR RUNWAY 21.  MRS. PAVRI COMPLIED WITH THE INSTRUCTION FROM THE TOWER MAKING THE LEFT TURN AND THEN TURNED FINAL FOR RUNWAY 21.  152DS WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 BY THE SMO TOWER.  AS MRS. MADE HER APPROACH TO RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY ON HTE MAIN WHEELS AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR.  HAVING LOST SUFFICIENT FORWARD AIRSPEED FOR CONTINUED FLIGHT, 152DS FELL BACK DOWN TO THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, CONSEQUENTLY STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY.                                         MINOR DAMAGE WAS ALSO DONE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. MRS. PAVRI WAS NOT INJURED AND THE 152DS WAS MOVED FROM THE RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER 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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