# Incident 20010522012639I: Cessna 152, Pontiac, MI, May 22, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2001, 09:13 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YXES
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621AF-2017-06-21) (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: 115 total, 115 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010522012639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT TOOK OFF AND REMAINED IN PATTERN TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. WEATHER WAS VFR WITH LIGHT WIND.  ON FIRST LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND BOUNCED.  PILOT REPORTS SHE ADDED POWER TO COUNTERACT BOUNCE.  SECOND LANDING RESULTED IN FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR FORK WHERE IT ATTACHES TO NOSE GEAR STRUT.  PILOT REPORTED SHE HAD THE NOSE IN THE PROPER ATTITUDE FOR LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO A STOP.  THE BREAK ON THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS CLEAN INDICATING THE LACK OF PREVIOUS DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE IS NOT AN ISSUE.

## Other reports on N621AF (1)

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

- [Accident 20020710038319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020710038319A), Jul 10, 2002: Cessna 152 (N621AF), Chelsea, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot departed pontiac, MI (ptk) airport and performed practice maneuvers northwest of ptk. Upon returning to ptk pilot got lost and wandered…

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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