# Incident 19970822029579I: Cessna 152, Jackson, TN, August 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckellar-Sipes Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5999° N, 88.9156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5999&lon=-88.9156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24451, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24451-2012-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970822029579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OFF AS A RESULT OF A HARD LANDING -- MINOR DAMAGE. THE CRACK ON THE YOKE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF A PREVIOUS CRACK.

## Other reports on N24451 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890613020619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890613020619A), Jun 13, 1989: Cessna 152 (N24451), Jackson, TN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on recovery from low level turns-about-a-point. Landed in soft field and nosed over. Carb ice a factor.

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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