# Incident 19970526017309I: Cessna 152, Newport, RI, May 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1997, 09:15 local time
- Place: Newport, RI
- Airport: Newport State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5324° N, 71.2815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT STATE (UUU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5324&lon=-71.2815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757FH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757FH) (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: 350 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970526017309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING RUNWAY 34, NEWPORT, RI (UUU); AIRCRAFT PASSED BY TAXIWAY. PILOT TURNED BACK ON RUNWAY TO TAXI BACK TO TAXIWAY. HE THEN NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH, HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO CUT ACROSS THE GRASS IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY QUICKLY. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL SUNK INTO THE SOFT GROUND AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N757FH (1)

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

- [Accident 19931212051639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931212051639A), Dec 12, 1993: Cessna 152 (N757FH), Jackson, MO, Substantial damage. Lost power en route. Collapsed nose gear landing rough field. Fuel exhaustion. Pilot reported misjudged fuel burn.

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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