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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Harrisburg, PA · April 21, 1985

Date: April 21, 1985 · 14:48 local
Place: Harrisburg, PA
Airport: Capital City
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N45473
Reported as: Cessna 150L
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18 total18 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N45473Registered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15076942 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose wheel collapsed after porpoising on landing. Students first solo flight.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AFTER PORPOISING ON LANDING. STUDENTS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.