# Incident 19970607022099I: Cessna 152, Laconia, NH, June 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48017, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48017-2014-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607022099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 08 AT LCI (LACONIA AIRPORT), LACONIA, NH. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HIT HARD WHILE LANDING, MAKING A SNAPPING OR BREAKING SOUND. SOME OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE BEEN FLYING FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FIRST CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD CONTACTED A THRESHOLD LIGHT ON LANDING. THERE WAS DEBRIS FROM THE DAMAGED THRESHOLD LIGHT ON THE RUNWAY AND IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE AREA AROUND THE THRESHOLD LIGHT. THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FBO WHICH HAD RENTED HIM THE AIRCRAFT, PAID FOR THE RENTAL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND DEPARTED WITHOUT NOTIFYING ANYONE ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A BROKEN LEFT MAIN GEAR FAIRING AND A LARGE DENT AND PUNCTURE IN THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N48017 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050703013009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703013009A), Jul 3, 2005: Cessna 152 (N48017), Concord, NH, Substantial damage. (-23) On 07-03-2005 at approximately 10:05 pm EDT, a certificated flight instructor in the right seat of a CE-152, N48017, and a non certificated student pilot…

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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