# Incident 20030924025419I: Cessna 152, Mcalester, OK, September 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2003, 12:45 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Airport: Mcalester Regionall Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DF2S
- Location: 34.9261° N, 95.7736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAlester, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9261&lon=-95.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4670B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4670B-2005-10-14) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924025419I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20050828018849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050828018849A), Aug 28, 2005: Cessna 152 (N4670B), Tulsa, OK, Destroyed. (-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…
- [Incident 20040127000679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040127000679I), Jan 27, 2004: Cessna 152 (N4670B), 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…
- [Incident 20040119001229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040119001229I), Jan 19, 2004: Cessna 152 (N4670B), 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…

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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