# Accident 20100525005809A: Cessna 152, Atwater, CA, May 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2010, 12:42 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SRJS
- Location: 37.3803° N, 120.5681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3803&lon=-120.5681&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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100525005809A

## Narrative

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

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 ON 31.  ATC WAS PLANNING TO SWITCH TO RWY 13 AFTER LANDING THE 2 SOLO PILOTS IN THE PATTERN.  WHILE IN THE FLARE AT 1-2 METERS ABOVE THE RWY. THE NEXT THING THE PILOT REALIZED WAS THE NOSE GEAR HITING THE RUNWAY.  THE PLANE BEGAN PORPOISING WITH INCREASING AMPLITUDE UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 WPR10CA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA263), May 25, 2010: Cessna 152 (N69254), Merced, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N69254 (1)

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

- [Incident 20080806843619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080806843619I), Aug 6, 2008: Cessna 152 (N69254), Atwater, CA, Minor damage. (-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…

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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