19990830028339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Livermore, CA · August 30, 1999

Date: August 30, 1999 · 18:45 local
Place: Livermore, CA
Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N757VA
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 52 total52 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

N757VARegistered now · Cessna 152S/N 15280027 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. He made a three point landing on 25R with wind from his left, as he opened the throttle to continue the touch and go, a wind gust from the left caused the tail to move right, turning the plane left, skidding on the right main landing gear and onto the dirt. There was minor damge to the aircraft. Rivets popped from the right door post, the right main landing gear was damaged, the right main wheel pan was damaged, and the tail wheel assembly was broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE MADE A THREE POINT LANDING ON 25R WITH WIND FROM HIS LEFT, AS HE OPENED THE THROTTLE TO CONTINUE THE TOUCH AND GO, A WIND GUST FROM THE LEFT CAUSED THE TAIL TO MOVE RIGHT, TURNING THE PLANE LEFT, SKIDDING ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ONTO THE DIRT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. RIVETS POPPED FROM THE RIGHT DOOR POST, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED, THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL PAN WAS DAMAGED, AND THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN.