# Incident 20010816021159I: Cessna 152, Lakeland, FL, August 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68739, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68739-2008-04-25) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816021159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2001, STUDENT PILOT, HILTON GONZALEZ, ON HIS FIRST SOLO ATTEMPTED, TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 5, ON A CESSNA MODEL 152, FROM THE LAKELAND-LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE AFTER WHICH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. STATEMENTS ATTACHED.

## Other reports on N68739 (1)

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

- [Incident 19861130068899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861130068899I), Nov 30, 1986: Cessna 152 (N68739), Stevensville, MD, Substantial damage. Student pilot porpoised aircraft on landing. Aircraft nosewheel and prop damaged. Student counseled.

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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