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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · Palm Springs, CA · April 8, 2021

Date: April 8, 2021 · 15:25 local
Place: Palm Springs, CA
Airport: Palm Springs International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N316SV
Reported as: Cessna 162
Reported engine: Continental O-200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 171 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N316SVRegistered now · Cessna 162S/N 16200020 Airframe modelCessna 162 Engine modelContinental O-200 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At approximately 15:25 PDT (2225Z), privacy data omitted, a private pilot, departed in N316SV, a light sport aircraft, from warner Springs airport (CL35) to Palm Springs International Airport (kpsp). As the aircraft approached runway 31R, the aircraft touched down, bounced up a few feet and followed with a hard landing resulting in the nose gear collapsing. Airport emergency services were summoned to the incident. Minimal aircraft damage occurred with both occupants on board the aircraft uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 15:25 PDT (2225Z), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT, DEPARTED IN N316SV, A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, FROM WARNER SPRINGS AIRPORT (CL35) TO PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPSP). AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 31R, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED UP A FEW FEET AND FOLLOWED WITH A HARD LANDING RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING. AIRPORT EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE SUMMONED TO THE INCIDENT. MINIMAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH BOTH OCCUPANTS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.