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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Tillamook, OR · July 6, 1996

Date: July 6, 1996 · 16:50 local
Place: Tillamook, OR
Airport: Tillamook Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5090L
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 42 total38 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on July 6, 1996, at 1650L, at Tillamook airpark, OR, while attempting to land, the pilot reported porpoising the landing and being caught by a gust of wind, which she was unable to counter. This caused the aircraft to veer to the left of the runway. When the nose gear went into the drainage ditch the propeller struck the ground, causing damage to 10-12 inches of the propeller blade. Other damage was found on the aircraft as follows: the aft lower portion of the right main landing gear was ground off approximately 1/2 inch deep by 1-1/2 inch long, which may have occurred during landing; the right wing tip fairing was cracked, wingtip skin dented 1 inch of leading edge and the skin for the first 12 inches was rippled along the top and bottom. The pilot was sure that the wing tip did not strike during this sequence of events. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 6, 1996, AT 1650L, AT TILLAMOOK AIRPARK, OR, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE PILOT REPORTED PORPOISING THE LANDING AND BEING CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND, WHICH SHE WAS UNABLE TO COUNTER. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WENT INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING DAMAGE TO 10-12 INCHES OF THE PROPELLER BLADE. OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT AS FOLLOWS: THE AFT LOWER PORTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS GROUND OFF APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH DEEP BY 1-1/2 INCH LONG, WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING LANDING; THE RIGHT WING TIP FAIRING WAS CRACKED, WINGTIP SKIN DENTED 1 INCH OF LEADING EDGE AND THE SKIN FOR THE FIRST 12 INCHES WAS RIPPLED ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM. THE PILOT WAS SURE THAT THE WING TIP DID NOT STRIKE DURING THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.