# Incident 19920713033719I: Cessna 152, Hickory, NC, July 13, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1992, 12:32 local time
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Airport: Hickory Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5437M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5437M-2011-05-17) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920713033719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. HAD ENOUGH SIDE LOAD ON NOSE WHEEL TO BEND NOSE STRUT SUPPORT BRACKET.

## Other reports on N5437M (1)

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

- [Accident 20101219054709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101219054709A), Dec 19, 2010: Cessna 152 (N5437M), Bolingbrook, IL, Substantial damage. Purpose of flight was to complete the long cross country flight for a private pilot certificate. The student pilot flew from clow (1C5) to rockford (rfd) to…

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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