N7952A is a 1969 Cessna 172K. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Lycoming 0-320 series rated at 180 horsepower. Its registration was cancelled in Apr 1969. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Aug 2013. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
FAA recordRegistrant based in Fair Oaks, CA · deregistered in 1969.
2013
1969
The student pilot stated that this was his fourth solo flight and he had accumulated about 2 hours of solo flying. He flew to a nearby airport for touch-and-go landing practice and was planning a standard rectangular pattern. As he approached the airfield, an air traffic control tower operator instructed him to land straight in. This was the student pilot’s first attempt at a straight-in landing and he had difficulty stabilizing the airplane’s flight path before touchdown. The airplane landed hard, bounced, and departed the left side of the runway. The airplane rolled into muddy terrain, bending the nose wheel landing gear mounting structure and the engine firewall.
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