# Incident 19970919033979I: Cessna 152, Victoria, TX, September 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1997, 10:20 local time
- Place: Victoria, TX
- Airport: Victoria Regional Airport
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8542° N, 96.9187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VICTORIA RGNL (VCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8542&lon=-96.9187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89522, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89522-1998-04-18) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970919033979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 9-19-97, ABOUT 10:20 AM CDT, MR. ADAMS WAS LANDING A C-152 (N89522) AT VICTORIA, TX RUNWAY 06, GOOD VFR. WIND WAS 160 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HIGHER OFF THE RUNWAY THAN HE WAS. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND PORPOISED DOWN RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER AND COWLING. MR. ADAM'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IS GOING TO GIVE EXTRA TRAINING IN BALKED AND CROSSWIND LANDING.

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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