# Incident 20050302005839I: Cessna 152, Austin, TX, March 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2005, 20:27 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1945° N, 97.6699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (AUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1945&lon=-97.6699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93438, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93438-2025-03-08) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050302005839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 2027 CDT (9:27 PM) N93438, A CE-152, HIT TWO (2) RUNWAY LIGHTS UPON LANDING RWY 17L AT AUS (AUSTIN-BERGSTROM, TX AIRPORT). THE PILOT OF N733CP, WHO WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 17L OBSERVED THE SPARKS WHEN N93438 LANDED. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE UNAWARE THAT THEY HAD HIT THE LIGHTS. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE CHIEF PILOT OF THE FAR 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL, ONLY "COSMETIC" DAMAGE WAS NOTED. ACCORDING TO AUS AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL, TWO RUNWAY END LIGHTS HAD BEEN DESTROYED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N93438 (2)

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

- [Incident 19970702024659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970702024659I), Jul 2, 1997: Cessna 152 (N93438), Austin, TX, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing. Came down hard. Bent nose gear and prop.
- [Incident 19920918045029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920918045029I), Sep 18, 1992: Cessna 152 (N93438), Temple, TX, Minor damage. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing in field. Inspector found fuel tanks empty.

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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