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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Willimantic, CT · November 16, 2001

Date
November 16, 2001 · 14:42 local
Place
Willimantic, CT
Airport
Windham Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5514L
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
92 total60 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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) Student pilot on local solo flight, to practice takeoffs and landings, lost control of aircraft in gusty crosswind of approximately 19 KTS. Nose gear collapsed causing prop to strike runway. Aircraft skidded off left side of the runway into grass where it came to rest. No damage to fuselage. Minor cut/scrapes on pilot's hand.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT, TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN GUSTY CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 19 KTS. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING PROP TO STRIKE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO GRASS WHERE IT CAME TO REST. NO DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE. MINOR CUT/SCRAPES ON PILOT'S HAND.