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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Princeton/Rocky, NJ · March 18, 1995

Date: March 18, 1995 · 15:45 local
Place: Princeton/Rocky, NJ
Airport: Princeton Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N65478
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 45 total38 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N65478Registration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Cessna 152S/N 15281576 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

Narrative: student pilot on first solo cross country was attempting to land on runway 28 at 39N at approximately 1545 local on 3-18-95. Student failed to flare correctly and landed on the nose wheel causing it to collapse. There was minor damage to the aircraft and no injury to the student pilot. privacy data omitted Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 AT 39N AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 LOCAL ON 3-18-95. STUDENT FAILED TO FLARE CORRECTLY AND LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE STUDENT PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.