# Incident 20100325030069I: Cessna 152, Hartford, CT, March 25, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2010, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46249, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46249) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 32 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100325030069I

## Narrative

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

N46249 A CESSNA 152 WAS DISCOVERED PARKED ON THE RAMP AT HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD) BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER WITH A BENT NOSE LANDING GEAR. DISCOVERY WAS MADE AT 1340 EDT ON 03/25/10. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT HFD AT APPROX. 0930 EDT ON 03/25/10.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE FOUND THE NOSE GEAR TO BE BENT AT APPROXIMATELY A 60 DEGREE ANGLE. THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS FOUND TO HAVE TWO SHEARED TUBES AND SEVERAL BENT TUBES.  IN A STATEMENT TO PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE STUDENT PILOT, STATED THAT THIS WAS HER FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY.  HER ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT WAS THAT THIS WAS HER THIRD ATTEMPT AT LANDING. HER FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING WAS TO RUNWAY 02 AND RESULTED IN A GO-AROUND DUE TO AN AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE SECOND ATTEMPT WAS TO RUNWAY 11 AND RESULTED IN ANOTHER GO-AROUND BECAUSE HER AIRSPEED WAS TOO FAST. THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT WAS AGAIN TO RUNWAY 11 AND SHE BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN, LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR AND BOUNCED ONE MORE TIME. SHE CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO ATLANTIC AVIATION, A FIXED BASE OPERATOR AT KHFD.

## Other reports on N46249 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900901050659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900901050659I), Sep 1, 1990: Cessna 152 (N46249), Islip, NY. Smoke from instrument panel. Turned off electrical system. Found heat duct contaminated by solvent residue.

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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