# Incident 20010728019469I: Cessna 152, Pittsfield, MA, July 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, MA
- Airport: Pittsfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4276° N, 73.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSFIELD MUNI (PSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4276&lon=-73.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94688, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94688) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728019469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING RUNWAY 26 AT PITTSFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PSF). AS STATED BY THE STUDENT PILOT, WHILE LANDING, THE AIRSPEED WAS A LITTLE HIGH.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT UP TO HOLD OFF THE AIRSPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A LITTLE BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF RWY 32 & 26, THE MAINS HIT HARD.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE.  ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND ON THE FINAL BOUNCE THE PILOT HEARD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIIED OFF THE RUNWAY TO TAXIWAY ALPHA AND THEN SHUT DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON THE FIELD.  THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL, ENGINE FRAME, AND PROPELLER.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIRE WALL.  IT WAS REQUESTED MR. CHAMBERLAND RECEIVE ADDITIONAL DUAL INSTRUCTION PRIOR TO HIS NEXT SOLO FLIGHT.

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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