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FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Lakewood, NJ · June 8, 2012

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Date
June 8, 2012 · 18:20 local
Place
Lakewood, NJ
Airport
Lakewood
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N66977
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total72 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N66977Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15281699 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On fourth solo landing at home base, the student pilot landing runway 24 at Lakewood Airport (N12), appeared to land nose low (identified through airport/fbo video). As aircraft touched down, nose wheel cylinder compressed to the stops and the nose wheel axel sheared off. The nose wheel tire departed the aircraft. The aircraft continued down the runway, slightly left (southeast) of the centerline. The aircraft nose wheel fork was "ground" down. The prop stuck the runway with eventual stoppage of the aircraft engine. No injuries indicated. Student pilot shut aircraft down and exited the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON FOURTH SOLO LANDING AT HOME BASE, THE STUDENT PILOT LANDING RUNWAY 24 AT LAKEWOOD AIRPORT (N12), APPEARED TO LAND NOSE LOW (IDENTIFIED THROUGH AIRPORT/FBO VIDEO). AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, NOSE WHEEL CYLINDER COMPRESSED TO THE STOPS AND THE NOSE WHEEL AXEL SHEARED OFF. THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY, SLIGHTLY LEFT (SOUTHEAST) OF THE CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL FORK WAS "GROUND" DOWN. THE PROP STUCK THE RUNWAY WITH EVENTUAL STOPPAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. NO INJURIES INDICATED. STUDENT PILOT SHUT AIRCRAFT DOWN AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.