20050715015799A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Rio Vista, CA · July 15, 2005

Date
July 15, 2005 · 16:30 local
Place
Rio Vista, CA
Airport
Rio Vista Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N68475
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
47 total47 in this make and model47 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) Student pilot on solo flight landed at the Rio Vista airport (O88). During the landing the wind picked up and became a cross wind. The student pilot lost control of the aircraft and landed hard, damaging the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT LANDED AT THE RIO VISTA AIRPORT (O88). DURING THE LANDING THE WIND PICKED UP AND BECAME A CROSS WIND. THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED HARD, DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.