# Incident 20101206055159I: Cessna 152, Marathon, FL, December 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2010, 19:00 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: Marathon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: XVES
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4777B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4777B-2019-12-19) (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: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 80 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101206055159I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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