# Accident 20080505835749A: Cessna 152, Redding, CA, May 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2008, 21:20 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5089° N, 122.2933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5089&lon=-122.2933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68353, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68353-2019-01-29) (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: 165 total, 0 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING NIGHT TIME OPERATION AT THE REDDING (RDD) AIRPORT THE PILOT MISSED JUDGED HIS FLARE POINT AND HIT THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE POINT THAT THE TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE STEERING RODS BECAME DISCONNECTED. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND THEN LANDING AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE SECOND LANDING THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA08CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA125), May 6, 2008: Cessna 152 (N68353), Redding, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N68353 (2)

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

- [Incident 19850428023009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850428023009I), Apr 28, 1985: Cessna 152 (N68353), Kirkwood, NY, Minor damage. Nose gear struck ground during landing and collapsed.
- [Accident 19830510018589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510018589A), May 10, 1983: Cessna 152 (N68353), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Nose strut collapsed.

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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