# Incident 20050316003789I: Cessna 152, El Monte, CA, March 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2005, 09:46 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33LJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33LJ) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 15 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050316003789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO EL MONTE (EMT) AIRPORT FROM CAMARILLO (CMA) AIRPORT ON THE SECOND LEG OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT EMT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 AT EMT THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE TURNOUT AREA. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE TURNOUT AREA, THE NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N33LJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19921104048299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921104048299I), Nov 4, 1992: Cessna 152 (N33LJ), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Student pilot making touch and go takeoffs lost directional control on landing. Damaged nose gear and prop.

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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