# Incident 19991205039699I: Cessna 152, Titusville, FL, December 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1999, 09:30 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Arthur Dunn Air Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6225° N, 80.8354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARTHUR DUNN AIR PARK (X21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6225&lon=-80.8354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48570, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48570-2017-05-15) (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
- 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/19991205039699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK FAILED AND THE STRUT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED DURING A SOLO TOUCH & GO LANDING ON RWY 33. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASSY AREA WHERE IT CAME TO REST. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BOUNCED AND PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE MISHAP REVEALED THAT THE BOTH SIDES OF THE STRUT FORK HAD SUSTAINED COMPLETE FRACTURES TYPICAL OF INSTANTANEOUS OVERLOAD FAILURE, AND THAT A PORTION OF THE TIRE SIDEWALL HAD FAILED AND SEPARATED. THE STUDENT PILOT ATTRIBUTED THE MISHAP TO OVERSERVICING OF THE NOSE STRUT BY THE AIRPLANE OWNER IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE FLIGHT. THE OWNER, A CERTIFICATED PILOT, CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD SERVICED THE STRUT WITH NITROGEN JUST BEFORE THE FLIGHT, AND THAT HE VISUALLY ESTIMATED THE PROPER AMOUNT OF PRESSURE BY THE AMOUNT OF STRUT EXTENSION. HE DID NOT CHECK THE PRESSURE WITH GAUGE AS SPECIFIED BY THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS, NOR DID HE MAKE A LOG ENTRY FOR THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

## Other reports on N48570 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090124002749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090124002749A), Jan 24, 2009: Cessna 152 (N48570), Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On 01/24/2009 pilot [privacy data omitted] operated Cessna 152 serial number 15280919 registeration number N48570. He stated he fueled the aircraft…

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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