# Incident 20120106001279I: Cessna 152, Gainesville, FL, January 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2012, 02:45 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25513, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25513-2021-11-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 90 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120106001279I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT (SGJ) IN FLORIDA, WITH INTENTIONS TO FLY A CROSS-COUNTRY TO FORT MEYERS AIRPORT (FMY) ALSO IN FLORIDA AND RETURNING BACK TO SGJ.THE PILOT THEN FLEW FROM FMY TO LAKELAND AIRPORT (LAL) IN FLORIDA.THE PILOT INTENDED TO FLY FROM LAL TO SGJ.AS THE FLIGHT PROGRESSED THE WEATHER STARTED TO DETERIORATE.THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT GAINESVILLE AIRPORT (GNV.) IN FLORIDA.THE REPORTED WEATHER WAS BELOW VFR MINIMUMS.THE PILOT CLAIMS THAT HE HAD VISUAL WITH THE AIRPORT.UPON LANDING THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND A HARD LANDING ENSUED.THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE GRASS AND STOPPED.THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE TERMINAL.THE PILOT RETURNED TO SGJ ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 06, 2012.A 44709 REEXAMINATION IS RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE HARD LANDING AND THE FACT THAT THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ROLL OUT.

## Other reports on N25513 (2)

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

- [Accident 20210629004089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210629004089A), Jun 29, 2021: Cessna 152 (N25513), St Augustine, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Preliminary NTSB report states the following: "On June 29, 2021, about 1427 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N25513, was destroyed when it was involved in…
- [Incident 19790526027839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526027839I), May 26, 1979: Cessna 152 (N25513), Danbury, CT, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged nose gear.

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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