# Incident 20240901015279I: Cessna 152, Van Nuys, CA, September 1, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2024, 18:44 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48823, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48823) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 35 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240901015279I

## Narrative

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

WHILE OPERATING A CESSNA 152 AIRCRAFT,

THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE RUN-UP AREA ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE RUN-UP

AREA WAS CROWDED WITH SEVERAL AIRCRAFT. TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT AT THE DESIGNATED T-MARK, THE PILOT

INITIATED A 180-DEGREE TURN. HOWEVER, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE T-MARK,

REQUIRING CAREFUL MANEUVERING TO AVOID CONTACT.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ADJACENT AIRCRAFT'S WINGTIP, THE

OPPOSITE WINGTIP OF THE INCIDENT PILOT'S AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUN-UP BLAST WALL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED

DAMAGE TO THE RED LENS, AND RESULTING IN THE STROBE LIGHT BECOMING INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N48823 (2)

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

- [Accident 19991211037019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991211037019A), Dec 11, 1999: Cessna 152 (N48823), Plant City, FL, Minor damage. (.19) On December 11, 1999, about 1645 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N607FT, registered to and operated by Florida institute of technology, and a…
- [Incident 19821028062569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821028062569I), Oct 28, 1982: Cessna 152 (N48823), Smyrna, TN, Minor damage. Lost power on slow flight practice. Landed in a cotton field. Sticking carburetor float.

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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