# Incident 19970615014109I: Cessna 150G, Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Airport: Wilkes Barre-Wyoming Valley Ar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2466° N, 75.8757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilkes-Barre, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2466&lon=-75.8757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3243J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3243J-2019-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970615014109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SOLO STUDENT PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 24 AT WYOMING VALLEY AIRPORT, FORTY FORT, PA. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BROKE THE NOSE GEAR OFF, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WE CONSIDER THIS CASE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3243J (1)

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

- [Incident 19980805019759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980805019759I), Aug 5, 1998: Cessna 150G (N3243J), Wilkes Barre, PA, Minor damage. Acft was being hand propped when it jumped the wheel chocks and struck the tail of another acft, which was parked on the ramp. (-5) on August 5, 1998, Mr. John…

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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