20250423005489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · Apopka, FL · April 23, 2025

Date
April 23, 2025 · 12:30 local
Place
Apopka, FL
Airport
Orlando Apopka
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6029L
Reported as
Cessna 162
Reported engine
Continental O-200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
153 total17 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 struck a tree branch while on an unstable approach to runway 15 causing damage to the left wing. Aircraft taxied to the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE BRANCH WHILE ON AN UNSTABLE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP.

Other reports on N6029L · 1

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