# Incident 19960913034319I: Cessna 152, Ardmore, OK, September 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1996, 13:15 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Airport: Ardmore Downtown Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1470° N, 97.1227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARDMORE DOWNTOWN EXEC (1F0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1470&lon=-97.1227&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93116, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93116) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960913034319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRMAN, ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY, LANDED ON 35 AT DOWNTOWN EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA. THE LANDING RUNWAY WAS 17. HE LANDED WITH A SLIGHT TAILWIND AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO "BALLON UP" ON HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN AND THEN NOSED IT OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HARD ENOUGH TO COLLAPSE THE NOSE GEAR AND CONTACT THE PROPELLER AND LOWER COWLING. INSTRUCTOR COUNSELED. STUDENT RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

## Other reports on N93116 (2)

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

- [Accident 19980803040089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980803040089A), Aug 3, 1998: Cessna 152 (N93116), Norman, OK, Substantial damage. (.4)On August 3, 1998, at 1040 central daylight time, a Cessna 152 airplane, N93116, owned and operated by airman flight school of Norman, Oklahoma, was…
- [Accident 19971018039629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018039629A), Oct 18, 1997: Cessna 152 (N93116), Norman, OK, Substantial damage. First solo. Flared high. Stalled bounced. Added power and porpoised. Nose gear folded. Damaged gear prop firewall. (-23) student pilot soloing, doing touch and…

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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