# Incident 19970514014979I: Cessna 152, Fitchburg, MA, May 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69204, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69204) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970514014979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT ROB YEATON WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 32 AT FITCHBURG AIRPORT WHEN A WIND GUST LIFTED THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. GROUND SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 KTS. PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND RETURNED TO TIE DOWN.

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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