# Incident 20250423005489I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Apopka, FL, April 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Airport: Orlando Apopka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7066° N, 81.5814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO APOPKA (X04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7066&lon=-81.5814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6029L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6029L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 17 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250423005489I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20230207000529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230207000529I), Feb 7, 2023: Cessna Aircraft Co 162 (N6029L), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was conducting touch and goes on [privacy data omitted], a CE-162, on runway 06 at ism when at approximately 1605 hours the pilot made a landing and…

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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