# Accident 20070715014009A: Cessna 172S, Beverly, MA, July 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2007, 18:01 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5839° N, 70.9097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5839&lon=-70.9097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13151, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 106 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715014009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: NORMAL CROSS WIND LANDING ON RWY 16 WITH INFORMATION ROMEO, WINDS 240 @ 16 GUSTS TO 22 AFTER INITIAL FLARE AND LANDING GUST LIFTED PLANE AND DROPPED ON NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSING STRUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL07CA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA105), Jul 15, 2007: Cessna 172S (N13151), Beverly, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and nose gear collapse. A contributing factor was the wind gust.

## Other reports on N13151 (1)

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

- [Incident 20191104019249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191104019249I), Nov 4, 2019: Cessna 172S (N13151), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed runway 29 and veered left into the grass area. Aircraft struck runway edge light with right main landing gear strut causing minor damage to…

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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