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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Mcalester, OK · September 24, 2003

Date: September 24, 2003 · 12:45 local
Place: Mcalester, OK
Airport: Mcalester Regionall Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: DF2S
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4670B
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 76 total76 in this make and model76 in the last 90 days

N4670BRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2005 · Cessna 152S/N 15283574 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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) The student pilot was accomplishing her first solo cross country flight and was attempting to complete a full stop landing at Mcalester, OK. The pilot stated that the approach was normal and during touch down the airplane "didn't feel right" so she executed a go around. The pilot stated both doors popped open during the touch down. Shortly after lifting off the tower called on the radio and reported the nose landing gear had departed the aircraft and was on the runway. The flight continued on to jones airport in jenks, OK where an emergency landing was made with no nose gear. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose gear and propeller. The nose gear was recovered from Mcalester and examined at the maintenance hangar at jones airport. The nose gear fork and wheel assembly had sustained substantial damage causing the tire to split the sidewall, the wheel bearings to disintegrate and the nose fork casting to fracture vertically.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ACCOMPLISHING HER FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE A FULL STOP LANDING AT MCALESTER, OK. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL AND DURING TOUCH DOWN THE AIRPLANE "DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT" SO SHE EXECUTED A GO AROUND. THE PILOT STATED BOTH DOORS POPPED OPEN DURING THE TOUCH DOWN. SHORTLY AFTER LIFTING OFF THE TOWER CALLED ON THE RADIO AND REPORTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO JONES AIRPORT IN JENKS, OK WHERE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE NOSE GEAR WAS RECOVERED FROM MCALESTER AND EXAMINED AT THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR AT JONES AIRPORT. THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CAUSING THE TIRE TO SPLIT THE SIDEWALL, THE WHEEL BEARINGS TO DISINTEGRATE AND THE NOSE FORK CASTING TO FRACTURE VERTICALLY.

Other reports on N4670B · 3

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

Accident 20050828018849ALevel Off Touchdown · Tulsa, OK(-23) Pilot stated that he had done about 15 night touch and goes and was performing his last approach. He realized that he was too high but thought he could still make a normal landing. He landed fast and the aircraft took off again. In an effort to stop the…Aug 28, 2005 · Destroyed Incident 20040127000679IPractice Training Manuevers · Bristow, OK(-23) The pilot reported after departing from jenks, OK for a local training flight he proceeded to a practice area west of tulsa, OK. After performing a partial power maneuver the engine lost power. An uneventful landing was made on an interstate highway…Jan 27, 2004 Incident 20040119001229IDescent · Haskell, OK(-23) Aircraft engine stopped operating during training. The CFI and the student were practicing chandelles. The CFI was not able to restart the aircraft engine and landed in a plowed field. Water contamination was found in gascolator fuel strainer.Jan 19, 2004