- Date
- January 27, 1982, 17:00 local (Jan 28, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lodi, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64951Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820127002069A
- Case key
- 71463
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the landing roll he felt a vibration in the nose gear. Subsequently the aircraft veered offthe runway into soft ground and collapsed the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64951
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281496
- Airframe hours
- 1,730
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary L. Burgin
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Burgin
- Departed
- O20 · Lodi, CA
- Destination
- O20 · Lodi, CA
- Airport
- O20 · Kingdon Airpark, runway 30, 3,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
N64951Registration cancelled Oct 31, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.