# Accident 20041017025749A: Cessna 152, Los Angeles, CA, October 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2004, 12:45 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2656° N, 118.4000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2656&lon=-118.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5272H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5272H-2007-02-13) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 15 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041017025749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. KANE WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THE SECOND LANDING, HE HAD AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND AND REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH, BUT STILL TRIED TO LAND. HE HIT THE RUNWAY (LANDING RWY 12) HARD AND BOUNCED, THE CONTROL WHEEL WENT FORWARD, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN AND HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL (TO THE LEFT). MR. KANE DECIDED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN AND RAISED THE FLAPS COMPLETELY. HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING AND REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT AN ANGLE (WING DOWN). HE SAW THE TREES TO HIS LEFT SIDE, PULLED-UP, HIT THE TREES WHILE HE WAS STILL CLIMBING, CLIPPED TENSION WIRES, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND THEN CRASHED.

## 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 LAX05LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA010), Oct 17, 2004: Cessna 152 (N5272H), Pacoima, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged distance/altitude and inadequate flare that resulted in a hard landing, and a porpoise down the runway. Also causal was the student pilot's improper bounced landing recovery…

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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