# Accident 20010105032269A: Cessna 152, Livermore, CA, January 5, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2001, 11:35 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6833° N, 121.8228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6833&lon=-121.8228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6165M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6165M-2014-10-29) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010105032269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WITH SOLO ENDORSEMENT WAS ON APPROACH TO 27 LEFT AT LVK, WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PILOT STATED SHE WAS AT 70 KTS IAS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FIRST TOUCHED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK UP INTO THE AIR AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN FOR THE FINAL TIME. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, SHEARED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OFF AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, WAS EXAMINED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDED WRINKLED FIRE WALL WHERE THE ENGINE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHED, PROPELLER AND POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF, ENGINE COWLING DAMAGE AND BELLY DAMAGE NEAR THE AREA OF THE ENGINE FIRE WALL. THERE WAS GOOD CONTINUITY TO ALL CONTROL SURFACES AND NO OTHER MECHANICAL DEFECTS NOTED OR REPORTED BY THE PILOT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX01LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA069), Jan 5, 2001: Cessna 152 (N6165M), Livermore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for a tailwind during final approach and her improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N6165M (2)

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

- [Accident 20100807042379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100807042379A), Aug 7, 2010: Cessna 152 (N6165M), Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot was flying final approach, at touch down lost control and aircraft hit runway nose down very hard. Causing severe damage to firewall, propeller, engine…
- [Incident 20060504006389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504006389I), May 4, 2006: Cessna 152 (N6165M), Byron, CA, Minor damage. (-23) May 4, 2006, Cessna 152, N6165M, approximately 1510 local time at the Byron Airport (C83) in Byron, CA student pilot was performing his 4th solo landing…

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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