# Incident 20020426008699I: Cessna 152, Panama City, FL, April 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City-Bay County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48640, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48640-2018-05-14) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 55 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020426008699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MARIETTA, GA (RYY) WITH AN ENROUTE STOP AT OZARK, AL (71J), WITH A FINAL DESTINATION AT PANAMA CITY, FL (PFN). MISHAP PILOT MR. MATTHEW SMITH STATED WEATHER FOR LANDING AT PFN WAS CLEAR (VFR). HE STATED UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 14, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE LEFT VEER. THE GO-AROUND ATTEMPT WAS ABORTED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. UPON DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DIRECTIONAL SIGN AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR TIP, AND DENTED THE AIRCRAFT SKIN AFT OF THE LEFT SIDE FIREWALL AND BEHIND THE LEFT DOOR POST. THE LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AT THE GEAR LEG AXLE AREA, DURING LANDING. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE GOUGES IN THE RUNWAY SURFACE OR SCRUBBING OF THE BROKEN STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS FROM TOUCHDOWN POINT AND 40 FEET TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 14.

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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