# Incident 20020119001359I: Cessna 150L, Crystal River, FL, January 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2002, 15:50 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Homosassa Air Terminal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8955° N, 82.6019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal River, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8955&lon=-82.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7255G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7255G-2007-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020119001359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/19/02 AT 1550 EST, A CE-150L ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT ON R/W 27. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS IN THE FINAL PHASE OF LANDING, APPROX. 15' AND DESCENDING ON THE RUNWAY WHEN A GUST OF WIND GAVE LIFT AND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT UP & TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, THEN THE STUDENT PILOT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED THEN HIT THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACT AND THE PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO GROUND STRIKES WHILE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT PHYSICALLY HURT.ON 01/23/02 I INSPECTED THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT AND CONCLUDE THAT THE AIR CRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7255G (2)

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

- [Accident 20060814017609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060814017609A), Aug 14, 2006: Cessna 150L (N7255G), Crystal River, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 14, 2006, at 1345 local time, a Cessna 150, N7255G, registered to Crystal aero group inc., was landing at Crystal River Airport. Aa student…
- [Accident 19780225002709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225002709A), Feb 25, 1978: Cessna A150K (N7255G), Shrewsbury, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed in frozen lake.

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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