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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Sacramento, CA · June 30, 2018

Date
June 30, 2018 · 10:00 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4962L
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA500
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
26 total12 in this make and model13 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.

Aircraft suffered a very hard landing that resulted in damage to the nose strut and prop strike, engine mount supports broken, bent and fuselage dents in skin at approximately 2-8 inches aft of the upper firewall engine nount attachment,

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A VERY HARD LANDING THAT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE STRUT AND PROP STRIKE, ENGINE MOUNT SUPPORTS BROKEN, BENT AND FUSELAGE DENTS IN SKIN AT APPROXIMATELY 2-8 INCHES AFT OF THE UPPER FIREWALL ENGINE NOUNT ATTACHMENT,

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.