20010124002099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Punta Gorda, FL · January 24, 2001

Date: January 24, 2001 · 12:05 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Airport: Charlotte County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25992
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 175 total160 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N25992Registration cancelled Mar 10, 2020 · Cessna 152S/N 15280902 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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) On January 24, 1002 at 1205 EST during a local pleasure flight, a Cessna 152 piloted by a private pilot; in the vicinity of Punta Gorda, Florida suffered minor damage when the private pilot lost control during landing on runway 33 at Charlotte County Airport. During the landing the aircraft landed hard and bounced. Upon the second contact with the ground, the nose wheel hit first and sheared off. The a/c ended up on the side of the runway in the grass. The weather was VFR.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 24, 1002 AT 1205 EST DURING A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, A CESSNA 152 PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT; IN THE VICINITY OF PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE PRIVATE PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. UPON THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE NOSE WHEEL HIT FIRST AND SHEARED OFF. THE A/C ENDED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. THE WEATHER WAS VFR.