# Incident 20071103826749I: Cessna 152, Pottstown, PA, November 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Limerick
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10VF) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071103826749I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 19870124000979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870124000979A), Jan 24, 1987: Cessna 152 (N10VF), Boyertown, PA, Substantial damage. No fuel at crosscountry stop due snow drifts. Two other airports closed. Ran out of fuel. Hit fence,flipped landing

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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