# Incident 20000806019349I: Cessna 152, Augusta, GA, August 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2000, 08:50 local time
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Airport: Daniels Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6141° N, 82.2971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Daniels Airport (GA41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6141&lon=-82.2971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4785B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4785B) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 53 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000806019349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/6/2000 N4785B (C-152II, SERIAL NUMBER 15283633) WAS PILOTED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS AROUND 54 HOURS TOTAL AND 53 HOURS IN CESSNA 152S OF WHICH 2.9 HAD BEEN SOLO AND A TOTAL OF 165 LANDINGS.^PRIVACY D^STATED THAT WHEN SHE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT KDNL IN AUGUSTA, GA. SHE SAW A WIRE AND TRIED TO LIFT UP. SHE CAUGHT THE WIRE ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRSPEED DROPPED TO 40 KNOTS AND THE STALL HORN SOUNDED, SO SHE LOWERED THE NOSE TO RECOVER AIRSPEED. SHE THEN RADIOED UNICOM THAT SHE WAS IN TROUBLE AND REQUESTED HELP. SHE THEN CLIMBED TO 1250 FEET AND CIRCLED THE AIRPORT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5. HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN HIGH ON PREVIOUS APPROACHES. INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE AND PLANE REVEALED THAT^PRIVACY DA^CAUGHT A TELEPHONE WIRE WITH NOSE GEAR AND THEN THE WIRE BROKE.

## Other reports on N4785B (1)

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

- [Incident 19910113002729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910113002729I), Jan 13, 1991: Cessna 152 (N4785B), Warner Robins, GA. Student pilot on solo crosscountry landed at wrong airport due to haze. Will receive additional training.

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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