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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · El Cajon, CA · April 23, 2007

Date
April 23, 2007 · 10:30 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N757CM
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
52 total52 in this make and model52 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) The student pilot was in the pattern shooting touch and go landings. On the seventh landing attempt, the tower controller reports observing the aircraft touch down on the runway and bounce and begin porpoising. On the third bounce the front wheel came off and the aircraft slid to a stop on its nose, remaining on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS IN THE PATTERN SHOOTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON THE SEVENTH LANDING ATTEMPT, THE TOWER CONTROLLER REPORTS OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCE AND BEGIN PORPOISING. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON ITS NOSE, REMAINING ON THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N757CM · 2

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