# Incident 19960706032299I: Cessna 152, Tillamook, OR, July 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1996, 16:50 local time
- Place: Tillamook, OR
- Airport: Tillamook Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4183° N, 123.8144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TILLAMOOK (TMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4183&lon=-123.8144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5090L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 38 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706032299I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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