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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Marathon, FL · December 6, 2010

Date
December 6, 2010 · 19:00 local
Place
Marathon, FL
Airport
Marathon
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
XVES
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4777B
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total80 in this make and model16 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.

Pilot encountered strong crosswinds on landing attempt at Marathon causing aircraft to become airborne after initial touchdown. Aircraft re-touched down nosegear first causing nosegear to collapse. Improper control input resulted in faulty landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED STRONG CROSSWINDS ON LANDING ATTEMPT AT MARATHON CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT RE-TOUCHED DOWN NOSEGEAR FIRST CAUSING NOSEGEAR TO COLLAPSE. IMPROPER CONTROL INPUT RESULTED IN FAULTY LANDING.