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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Charlottesville, VA · April 24, 1996

Date
April 24, 1996 · 15:45 local
Place
Charlottesville, VA
Airport
Charlottesville-Albemarle
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25852
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total35 in this make and model10 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: student pilot returning from solo cross country flight, ballooned on landing in gusty wind. The aircraft struck the ground in level flight attitude, damaging the propeller, nose gear, and engine mount. The event was discussed with the student's flight instructor. No further action deemed necessary. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT RETURNING FROM SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, BALLOONED ON LANDING IN GUSTY WIND. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, AND ENGINE MOUNT. THE EVENT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE STUDENT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. NO FURTHER ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY. INCIDENT CLOSED.