# Accident 19960530022749A: Cessna 152, Troy, MI, May 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Big Beaver Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5605° N, 83.1194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5605&lon=-83.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49459, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49459-2006-06-01) (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: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 79 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960530022749A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON LANDING. WHILE AIRBORNE IT TURNED TO THE LEFT AND TOUCHED BACK DOWN HEADING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A GRASS AREA PRIOR TO CONTACTING A 4' RAISED BERM AT A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY.  UPON CONTACTING THE BERM, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE RAISED UP ONTO ITS NOSE.  THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE TERRAIN AS THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BACK ONTO ITS MAIN LANDING GEAR.                                                   (-23) STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 9 AFTER COMPLETING THE THIRD LEG OF HIS SECOND SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET BEYOND THE DISPLACED APPROACH THRESHOLD. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT MAINTAINED BACK PRESSURE ON THE CONTROL YOKE TO PRECLUDE POSSIBLE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY, TOUCHING DOWN 10 TO 15 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND HEADING APPROXIMATELY 060 DEGREES. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING (EVIDENT BY CORRESPONDING SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY) AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE  OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS MEDIAN BETWEEN THE RUWNAY AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK A 4 INCH RAISED EDGE ON AN INTERSECTING TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY, BOTH PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE ASPHALT. UPON EXITING THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE SOFT GRASS THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO IMPACT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CMAE TO REST UPRIGHT, IN THE GRASS MEDIAN, 12 FEET FROM THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL WAS SUSTAINED DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE COLLAPSED NOSE STRUT. DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLER BLADES (LAST 3 TO 4 INCHES CURLED/GROUND) AND THE RIGHT WING TIP WERE ALSO NOTED. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.

## 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 CHI96LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA183), May 30, 1996: Cessna 152 (N49459), Troy, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while recovering from a bounced landing. Factors associated with the accident were the misjudged landing flare and the raised…

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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