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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Hammonton, NJ · May 3, 1995

Date
May 3, 1995 · 06:15 local
Place
Hammonton, NJ
Airport
Hammonton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49024
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total21 in this make and model19 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.

Narrative: the pilot stated he departed N14 for a local flight to N81. While landing on runway 3 at N81, after touch down, the aircraft became airborne again. The aircraft bounced twice and the pilot then pulled the control wheel back to slow the aircraft. The nose of the aircraft pitched down, breaking off the nose landing gear and damaging the propeller. The aircraft skidded off the runway with no injury to the occupant and minor damage to the aircraft. On may 5, 1995, personnel of the philadelphia flight standards district office performed a preliminary inspection of the aircraft at Hammonton airport. This inspection showed no evidence of mechanical failure. privacy data omitted This matter is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED N14 FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT TO N81. WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 3 AT N81, AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE AND THE PILOT THEN PULLED THE CONTROL WHEEL BACK TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN, BREAKING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY WITH NO INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON MAY 5, 1995, PERSONNEL OF THE PHILADELPHIA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE PERFORMED A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT HAMMONTON AIRPORT. THIS INSPECTION SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

Other reports on N49024 · 4

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