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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Turner, ME · July 17, 2011

Date
July 17, 2011 · 18:00 local
Place
Turner, ME
Airport
Airport Name
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49769
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
670 total89 in this make and model25 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.

privacy data omitted Was conducting tail wheel instruction with a student. After landing and rollout on a grass strip the left main gear leg (spring steel) snapped causing the aircraft to fall to the ground damaging the propeller and left horizontal stablizer. Minor damage and no injuries, an SDR was recommended to the operator. Further investigation will be conducted by the pwm airworthiness supervisor. Weather was VFR clear and light winds.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING TAIL WHEEL INSTRUCTION WITH A STUDENT. AFTER LANDING AND ROLLOUT ON A GRASS STRIP THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG (SPRING STEEL) SNAPPED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FALL TO THE GROUND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABLIZER. MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES, AN SDR WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE OPERATOR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE PWM AIRWORTHINESS SUPERVISOR. WEATHER WAS VFR CLEAR AND LIGHT WINDS.

Other reports on N49769 · 3

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