20121208026329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Mount Airy, NC · December 8, 2012

Date
December 8, 2012 · 16:00 local
Place
Mount Airy, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3034X
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total40 in this make and model3 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.

Aircraft departed with tow bar attached to the nose gear. Upon landing, the tow bar impacted the propeller blades, causing damage to the outboard leading edges.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH TOW BAR ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR. UPON LANDING, THE TOW BAR IMPACTED THE PROPELLER BLADES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGES.