# Incident 20020917025609I: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, September 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2002, 09:17 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Tamiami Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YDFS
- Location: 25.7503° N, 80.3742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tamiami Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7503&lon=-80.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6115Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6115Q-2015-05-20) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020917025609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED, PILOT USED IMPROPER RECOVERY TECHNIQUE AND BOUNCED 2 MORE TIMES, ENDING UP ON ITS NOSE IN CENTER OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6115Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19940817021649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940817021649A), Aug 17, 1994: Cessna 152 (N6115Q), St Petersburg-C, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing when a wheel hit standing water. Nosed up off side of runway.

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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