20021030031439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Houston, TX · October 30, 2002

Date
October 30, 2002 · 15:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Ellington Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49536
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total38 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After bounced landing attempts on runway 35R, pilot went around for another landing attempt. On second landing attempt, aircraft settled onto nose strut since the nose tire and nose tire fork was now absent. Nose strut stub and propeller struck runway. Aircraft drifted left on 35R and stopped on the extreme left side of runway 35R.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER BOUNCED LANDING ATTEMPTS ON RUNWAY 35R, PILOT WENT AROUND FOR ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT. ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO NOSE STRUT SINCE THE NOSE TIRE AND NOSE TIRE FORK WAS NOW ABSENT. NOSE STRUT STUB AND PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT ON 35R AND STOPPED ON THE EXTREME LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 35R.