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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Akron, OH · April 24, 2004

Date: April 24, 2004 · 10:33 local
Place: Akron, OH
Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95431
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235N2C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 199 total169 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N95431Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15285893 · Built 1984 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) Upon being cleared for a touch and go the pilot stated that the aircraft hit the runway and bounced back up, then the pilot hit the runway again very hard. The nosewheel separated the aircraft on the last bounce, the aircraft skid to a stop on the runway. The nosewheel gear forks were spread. The engine mount was cracked, and the fuel tank on the right side was leaking. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON BEING CLEARED FOR A TOUCH AND GO THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED BACK UP, THEN THE PILOT HIT THE RUNWAY AGAIN VERY HARD. THE NOSEWHEEL SEPARATED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LAST BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT SKID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR FORKS WERE SPREAD. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS CRACKED, AND THE FUEL TANK ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS LEAKING. NO INJURIES.