# Incident 20020704026269I: Cessna 152, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, July 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3333° N, 65.6576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fajardo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3333&lon=-65.6576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6285Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6285Q-2017-02-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020704026269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 2:00PM ON JULY 4, 2002, MR. JAVIER ELIAS WITH THE INTENTION TO LAND AT ISLA DE RAMOS A PRIVATE ISLAND WITH A SHORT GRASS FIELD, LOCATED ON THE EAST COAST OF PUERTO RICO EXECUTE A DOWN WIND LANDING. AFTER THE POOR BRAKING REACTION THE AIRCRAFT ENDED INTO A SMALL BEACH NOT TOO DEEP AT THE END OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N6285Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19870322007159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870322007159A), Mar 22, 1987: Cessna 152 (N6285Q), Carlsbad, NM, Substantial damage. The aircraft nosed over during taxi after landing due to a tailwind gust. Student pilot.

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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