# Incident 20030705013129I: Cessna 152, Amarillo, TX, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 11:25 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68725, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68725-2018-03-02) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 151 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705013129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 BY AMARILLO TOWER. WINDS 230 DEGREES AT 10 KTS. PILOT REPORTED THAT ON HIS FLARE TO LANDING HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE AND DECIDED TO MAKE A GO AROUND. AFTER APPLYING POWER THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTLY HIT NOSE FIRST ON RUNWAY. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AGAIN AND BOUNCED THE NOSE TWO MORE TIMES AND ON THE FOURTH BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER AND EXPLAINED HIS PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO FBO'S MAINTENANCE HANGER.

## Other reports on N68725 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810905072489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810905072489I), Sep 5, 1981: Cessna 152 (N68725), Mounds, OK, Minor damage. Student high and fast on touch and go. Instructor failed to make timely go around, aborted. Ran off end 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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