# Incident 20180723017649I: Cessna 152, West Lafayette, IN, July 23, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2018, 07:40 local time
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4437° N, 86.9236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4437&lon=-86.9236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6450B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6450B-2022-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180723017649I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 23, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 A.M EDT (1140 ZULU),  CESSNA 152, N6450B, STRUCK A SMALL BIRD ON TAKEOFF DEPARTING RUNWAY 23 AT THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT, WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.  THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO PURDUE AVIATION, LLC AND WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A GENERAL AVIATION FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N6450B (3)

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

- [Accident 20190925018599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190925018599A), Sep 25, 2019: Cessna 152 (N6450B), Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. Description On September 25, 2019, at 17:10 local time, aircraft N6450B, a Cessna 152, was substantially damaged after a hard landing at the Lafayette Indiana…
- [Accident 19830612024959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830612024959A), Jun 12, 1983: Cessna 152 (N6450B), League City, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Tried to go around with carburetor heat on. Struck a fence and trees. Came to rest inverted.
- [Incident 19800924070649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924070649I), Sep 24, 1980: Cessna 152 (N6450B), Friendswood, TX, 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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