# Accident 20250808012429A: Cessna 152, Pottstown, PA, August 8, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2025, 19:12 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Heritage Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2602° N, 75.6716° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2602&lon=-75.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69200, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250808012429A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE FIRST APPROACH, THE PILOT REPORTED INITIATING A GO-AROUND DUE TO BEING HIGH ON THE FINAL APPROACH AND MISALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS ABOVE THE STANDARD APPROACH SPEED, WITH AN INDICATED AIRSPEED OF 65-70 KNOTS. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLAPSE RESULTIING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH NO POST-EVENT FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA334), Aug 8, 2025: Cessna 152 (N69200), Pottstown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the engine mounts.

## Other reports on N69200 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920509017799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920509017799I), May 9, 1992: Cessna 152 (N69200), Bismarck, ND, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion en route. Forced landing in an agricultural field.

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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