# Incident 20030202001259I: Cessna 152, Manhattan, KS, February 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2003, 10:54 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1414° N, 96.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANHATTAN RGNL (MHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1414&lon=-96.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93096, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93096) (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: 630 total, 100 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/20030202001259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS WIND SHEAR RESULTING IN AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE PRIOR TO FLAIRING FOR A LANDING. HE ADDED FULL POWER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE SINK RATE SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND THE PROP AND COWLING OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N93096 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030928026749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030928026749I), Sep 28, 2003: Cessna 152 (N93096), Manhattan, KS. (-23) The aircraft was on an IFR flight plan from norman, Oklahoma (koun) to Manhattan, KS (kmhk), when it may have run out of fuel on final approach…

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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