# Incident 19910523026629I: Cessna 152, Groton - New Lo, CT, May 23, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1991, 10:28 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49480, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49480-2000-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910523026629I

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST CAUSED PILOT TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. STRUCK TAXIWAY SIGN AND LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N49480 (1)

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

- [Accident 19811002065039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811002065039A), Oct 2, 1981: Cessna 152 (N49480), Point Lookout, MO, Substantial damage. High and slow on final. Stalled trying to slip aircraft. Landed short. Nose wheel severed by lip of threshold.

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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