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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150E · Indianapolis, IN · June 24, 2003

Date: June 24, 2003 · 09:45 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Mount Comfort Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6160T
Reported as: Cessna 150E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 140 total140 in this make and model

N6160TRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2003 · Cessna 150ES/N 15060860 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 150E Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot was executing multiple full stop taxi-back landings to runway 25 at Mount Comfort Airport. The first landing was uneventful, however during the second landing, as the nose gear contacted the runway, the aircraft veered sharply to the left and the pilot was unable to prevent the aircraft from departing the runway. Once leaving the runway, the nose gear collapsed, resulting in a prop strike and damage to the bottom side of the engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS EXECUTING MULTIPLE FULL STOP TAXI-BACK LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 25 AT MOUNT COMFORT AIRPORT. THE FIRST LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, HOWEVER DURING THE SECOND LANDING, AS THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. ONCE LEAVING THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING.