# Incident 20210408004909I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Palm Springs, CA, April 8, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2021, 15:25 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N316SV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 171 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210408004909I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.