# Incident 20231009018229I: Cessna 150L, Prescott, AZ, October 9, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2023, 15:03 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10080, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10080-2026-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231009018229I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/09/2023, AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 021R AND REQUESTED TO MAKE A FULL STOP.  IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE PIC INITIALLY STATED THAT WIND CONDITIONS AT TIME OF TOUCHDOWN WERE GUSTY.  PIC ALSO STATED THAT HE OVER-FLARED THE AIRCRAFT AND IT BEGAN TO PORPOISE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  ATC PERSONNEL OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISING ON THE RUNWAY AS DOCUMENTED ON FAA FORM 8020-9.  UPON LANDING HARD, THE NOSE GEAR TIRE RUPTURED ALLOWING THE NLG RIM AND STRUT TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY WHICH LED TO FULL COLLAPSE/FAILURE OF THE NLG.  THE PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO A STOP NOSE DOWN.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR IN NATURE AND WAS CONTAINED TO THE NLG COMPONENTS, PROP, LOWER ENGINE MOUNT AND MINOR BUCKLING OF THE FIREWALL.

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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