# Incident 19990829038409I: Cessna 152, Alabaster, AL, August 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1999, 15:15 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69271, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69271-2018-04-02) (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: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990829038409I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO LOCAL FLIGHT FROM SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT PERFORMED FOUR PRACTICE LANDINGS. DEPARTED PATTERN, THEN RETURNED AND PERFORMED TWO ADDITIONAL LANDINGS.  AFTER FINAL LANDING PILOT REALIZED SHE HAD NO RIGHT TURN CAPIBILITIIES.  PILOT REUTRNED THE AIRCRAFT TO RAMP BY MAKING ALL LEFT TURNS.  INITIAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED BROKEN SHIMMY DAMPER.  FURTHER INSPECTION IN SHOP REVEALED BENT ENGINE MOUNT, MINOR FIREWALL DAMAGE, AND DAMAGED NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT.  NOSE GEAR WAS BENT 15 DEGREES AFT OF VERTICAL.

## Other reports on N69271 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890604057279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890604057279A), Jun 4, 1989: Cessna 152 (N69271), Dover, DE, Substantial damage. Dropped in from 15FEET above runway. Bounced. Porpoised,tried go around,left the runway into a ditch and nosed over

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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