# Incident 19850428023009I: Cessna 152, Kirkwood, NY, April 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1985, 17:35 local time
- Place: Kirkwood, NY
- Airport: Kirkwood Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0004° N, 75.7602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Kirkwood Airpark (5N5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0004&lon=-75.7602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68353, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68353-2019-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850428023009I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR STRUCK GROUND DURING LANDING AND COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N68353 (2)

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

- [Accident 20080505835749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835749A), May 5, 2008: Cessna 152 (N68353), Redding, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During night time operation at the Redding (rdd) airport the pilot missed judged his flare point and hit the nose wheel to the point that the tire blew…
- [Accident 19830510018589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510018589A), May 10, 1983: Cessna 152 (N68353), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Nose strut collapsed.

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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