# Incident 20001004037499I: Cessna 152, Trenton, NJ, October 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2000, 12:21 local time
- Place: Trenton, NJ
- Airport: Mercer County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2238° N, 74.7636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2238&lon=-74.7636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89061, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89061-2010-06-25) (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: 18 total, 18 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001004037499I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 19810726044399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810726044399A), Jul 26, 1981: Cessna 152 (N89061), Sterling, MA, Substantial damage. Flared too high on landing. Landed hard and bounced. Impact produced substantial airplane damage.

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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