# Incident 20081013855889I: Cessna 152, Leesburg, FL, October 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2008, 23:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5527L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5527L-2012-10-17) (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 flight hours: 220 total, 124 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013855889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NORTH FLORIDA FSDO INSPECTORS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A DAMAGED PROPELLER ON A CESSNA 152 BASED AT KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT (ISM).  THE PILOT WHO HAD LAST FLOWN THE AIRACRAFT WAS INTERVIEWED ABOUT HIS FLIGHT TO DETERMINE WHEN AND HOW THE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.  THE PILOT, WHO HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE, HAD BEEN ON A NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT IN ORDER TO BUILD HOURS TOWARDS HIS COMMECIAL AND INSTRUMENT RATING.  HE SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE OF HAVING HAD A PROP STRIKE, BUT DID ADMIT TO HAVING INADVERTENTLY DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE TAXIWAY ONTO WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A GRASS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A POORLY-LIT RAMP AREA AT LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LEE) DURING AN UNPLANNED WEATHER DIVERSION ON THE RETURN LEG OF HIS CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP.  HE STATED THAT HE SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE HIS SURROUNDINGS BEFORE CONTINUING ON HIS WAY TO KISSIMMEE.  THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS WAS VERY MINOR, COMPARABLE IN APPEARANCE TO FILING ABOUT 1/3 OF AN INCH EVENLY OFF EACH TIP.

## Other reports on N5527L (4)

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

- [Incident 20031211033369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211033369I), Dec 11, 2003: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Somerset, KY. (-23) Aircraft made an emergency landing in pine knot, KY. 35 miles south of Somerset KY (sme) on state hwy 127. Pilot stated aircraft lost power and engine…
- [Accident 19981227033879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227033879A), Dec 27, 1998: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard and bent the gear. (.19) on December 27, 1998, at 1100 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 152, N5527L, operated by a commercial pilot,…
- [Incident 19930720032619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930720032619I), Jul 20, 1993: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Minor damage. Witness stated student made steep approach. Bounced and landed nose wheel first. Nose wheel strut collapsed.
- [Accident 19810425019499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425019499A), Apr 25, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5527L), Urbana, IL, Substantial damage. Student pilot crashed during second solo landing. Aircraft bounced and hit on nose wheel.

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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