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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Trenton, NJ · October 4, 2000

Date
October 4, 2000 · 12:21 local
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Mercer County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89061
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot's statement: coming in on runway 24 for landing. As I was about to land I then hit ground. The right wing caught a gust of wind and the left wing dropped down. Within a second, I started spinning out to the left skidding on the nose wheel and right tire. I kept skipping until I went over grass on foxtrot and as the plane hit concert again, the plane dipped right and forward. The wing hit first and then the propeller. I rolled a little more and then I hit the brakes and stopped it. I turned off the plane and radioed in.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT'S STATEMENT: COMING IN ON RUNWAY 24 FOR LANDING. AS I WAS ABOUT TO LAND I THEN HIT GROUND. THE RIGHT WING CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED DOWN. WITHIN A SECOND, I STARTED SPINNING OUT TO THE LEFT SKIDDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT TIRE. I KEPT SKIPPING UNTIL I WENT OVER GRASS ON FOXTROT AND AS THE PLANE HIT CONCERT AGAIN, THE PLANE DIPPED RIGHT AND FORWARD. THE WING HIT FIRST AND THEN THE PROPELLER. I ROLLED A LITTLE MORE AND THEN I HIT THE BRAKES AND STOPPED IT. I TURNED OFF THE PLANE AND RADIOED IN.

Other reports on N89061 · 1

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