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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Hammond, LA · December 19, 2019

Date: December 19, 2019 · 20:35 local
Place: Hammond, LA
Airport: Hammond Northshore Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N150PE
Reported as: Cessna 150G
Reported engine: Continental O-200A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N150PERegistered now · Cessna 150GS/N 15065823 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150G Engine modelContinental O-200A4 cycle

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.

The incident aircraft was on a VFR flight from opelousas, LA (kopl) to gulfport, ms (kgpt) when the pilot noticed the RH fuel tank was being used faster than the LH fuel tank. The pilot elected to divert to Hammond, LA (khdc) and land to investigate his fuel burn issue. During touchdown at khdc on runway 36, the nose wheel came off and aircraft grinded to a halt on the nose strut fork approximately 450 feet down runway 36. The pilot & passenger (2 POB) exited the aircraft after engine shut down with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM OPELOUSAS, LA (KOPL) TO GULFPORT, MS (KGPT) WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE RH FUEL TANK WAS BEING USED FASTER THAN THE LH FUEL TANK. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO HAMMOND, LA (KHDC) AND LAND TO INVESTIGATE HIS FUEL BURN ISSUE. DURING TOUCHDOWN AT KHDC ON RUNWAY 36, THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF AND AIRCRAFT GRINDED TO A HALT ON THE NOSE STRUT FORK APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT & PASSENGER (2 POB) EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITH NO INJURIES.