# Incident 19991011029539I: Cessna 152, Palm Springs, CA, October 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1999, 12:27 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5538M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5538M-2000-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991011029539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON SOLO FLIGHT. DURING LANDING PHASE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF TOP PORTION OF FORK ARMS, CAUSED MINOR SKIN DAMAGE (TEAR) ON LEFT HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE AND LEFT AFT.  FUSELAGE SKIN ABRASION.  PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N5538M (1)

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

- [Accident 20000531011249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000531011249A), May 31, 2000: Cessna 152 (N5538M), Palm Springs, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23)[privacy data omitted]an instructor for the flight school at Palm Springs, located at Palm Springs airport, Palm Springs, CA, was returning from thermal…

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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