# Incident 20080806843619I: Cessna 152, Atwater, CA, August 6, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2008, 08:25 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3805° N, 120.5682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASTLE (MER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3805&lon=-120.5682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69254, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69254-2012-11-28) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080806843619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 6, 2008 AT APPROX 0825 PDT A CESSNA 152, N96254, WITH A STUDENT PILOT OPERATING THE CONTROLS, SOLO, MADE A HARD LANDING IN RUNWAY 32 AT THE ATWATER (MER) AIRPORT.  THE STUDENT PILOT MADE THE STATEMENT THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST SOLO AND HIS FIRST LANDING WAS HARD, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD, SO HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFTS WING THEN STALLED AND THE ARICRAFT WENT NOSE DOWN ONTO THE NOSE WHEEL, COLLAPSING THE STRUT, STRIKING THE PROPELLER, AND FINALLY SLIDING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N69254 (1)

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

- [Accident 20100525005809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100525005809A), May 25, 2010: Cessna 152 (N69254), Atwater, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot on 2nd supervised solo tookoff with calm winds. After approx 1 hr of airwork he returned for landing. Tower reported winds at 190/8 for a landing…

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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