# Incident 20010621017519I: Cessna 152, Groton - New Lo, CT, June 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48990, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48990) (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: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010621017519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED WHILE LANDING HE FELT A WIND GUST AND ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER AS A CORRECTIVE MEASURE AS HIS ALTITUDE INCREASED IN THE FLARE THE POWER WAS NOT ADDED QUICKLY ENOUGH AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD ON THE NOSEWHEEL AND BOUNCED BACK AIRBORNE BEFORE CONTROL WAS REGAINED. THE NOSEWHEEL HUB CRACKED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N48990 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810626038299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626038299A), Jun 26, 1981: Cessna 152 (N48990), Pewaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot landed downhill on short runway and aircraft ran off end of runway.

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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