20071103826749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Pottstown, PA · November 3, 2007

Date
November 3, 2007 · 10:30 local
Place
Pottstown, PA
Airport
Pottstown Limerick
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N10VF
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
575 total25 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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 instructor and student were landing on runway 28 at the ptw airport. The instructor was at the controls demonstrating a landing to a student who has not yet obtained a student pilot certificate. The instructor stated everything appeared normal until a gust of wind drove the aircraft off the runway to the left. During the recovery process, the aircraft sustained damage to the left wing tip, and three feet of the left leading edge from the wingtip in. The nose gear collapsed causing damage to the propeller as well. Winds were 010/09 KTS, weather was VMC and there were no reported injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE PTW AIRPORT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS AT THE CONTROLS DEMONSTRATING A LANDING TO A STUDENT WHO HAS NOT YET OBTAINED A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL A GUST OF WIND DROVE THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, AND THREE FEET OF THE LEFT LEADING EDGE FROM THE WINGTIP IN. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AS WELL. WINDS WERE 010/09 KTS, WEATHER WAS VMC AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

Other reports on N10VF · 1

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