# Incident 20011116037519I: Cessna 152, Willimantic, CT, November 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2001, 14:42 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5514L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5514L) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011116037519I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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