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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · St. Paul, MN · May 28, 2012

Date: May 28, 2012 · 15:15 local
Place: St. Paul, MN
Airport: St. Paul Down Town
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6008M
Reported as: Cessna 162
Reported engine: Continental O-200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 442 total10 in this make and model4 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.

N6008M was cleared to land on runway 27 at kstp. Wind was variable between 21 to 25 and gusting at times. Pilot landed using a cross landing technique. Upon landing the aircraft porpoised hit hard on the mains first then the nose wheel hard enough to break it off, simultaneously the prop struck the runway. Aircraft slid Down runway 27 for 150-200 feet before it came to rest just after passing through intersecting runway 14.

As the FAA filed it

N6008M WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AT KSTP. WIND WAS VARIABLE BETWEEN 21 TO 25 AND GUSTING AT TIMES. PILOT LANDED USING A CROSS LANDING TECHNIQUE. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED HIT HARD ON THE MAINS FIRST THEN THE NOSE WHEEL HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK IT OFF, SIMULTANEOUSLY THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN RUNWAY 27 FOR 150-200 FEET BEFORE IT CAME TO REST JUST AFTER PASSING THROUGH INTERSECTING RUNWAY 14.