34.0746° N, 118.0291° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 6, 2003 · 13:12 local
Place
El Monte, CA
Airport
El Monte Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95693
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235N2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
172 total172 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days
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) During an approach to landing at El Monte Airport (kemt), the pilot made a hard landing at a higher than normal airspeed causing the aircraft to bounce back into the air. The aircraft then contacted the runway on its nose wheel with enough force to cause it to collapse.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING AN APPROACH TO LANDING AT EL MONTE AIRPORT (KEMT), THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE WHEEL WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO CAUSE IT TO COLLAPSE.