19881109067539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · New Orleans, LA · November 9, 1988

Date
November 9, 1988 · 14:20 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Lakefront
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24720
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
48 total47 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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.

Ballooned on landing then came down hard on the nose wheel which collapsed by impact with runway.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOONED ON LANDING THEN CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH COLLAPSED BY IMPACT WITH RUNWAY.