# Incident 20250201003659I: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA, Compton, CA, February 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2025, 15:35 local time
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Compton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SPYS
- Location: 33.8940° N, 118.2275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Compton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8940&lon=-118.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N802SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airplane Factory SLING LSA (registry code 06001AV, https://openairdocs.org/model/airplane-factory-sling-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912IS2 (registry code 55590, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912is2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPLANE FACTORY (PTY) LTD SLING LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912IS2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250201003659I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, 02/01/2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1535 PST, N802SC EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING AT CPM. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS PERFORMING HER FIRST SOLO AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY TWO TIMES. ON THE THIRD LANDING, SHE HAD TOO MUCH SPEED AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BLEED OFF, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND PORPOISED TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR FAILURE.

## Other reports on N802SC (1)

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

- [Incident 20220930022539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220930022539I), Sep 30, 2022: Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA (N802SC), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. On 9/30/2022 the student pilot, flying solo was on a stabilized landing approach at Torrance airprot CA (toa) runway 11 left. On short final the pilot reported…

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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