# Accident 19960917028749A: Cessna 152, Lakeville, MN, September 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1996, 17:15 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6706° N, 93.2392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6706&lon=-93.2392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757PC-2008-01-22) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917028749A

## Narrative

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

FIRST LANDING SOLO PRACTICE. BOUNCED PORPOISED. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. BENT FIREWALL. (-23) PILOT WAS ON THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO IN LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN. FIRST LANDING, STRUCK HARD AND BOUNCED, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, AND FIREWALL. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. PILOT GIVEN NO-SOLO UNTIL ADDITIONAL SOLO. OPERATION DISCUSSED WITH PILOT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. (WINDS LIGHT AND WEATHER EXTREME VFR AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. WEATHER NOT A FACTOR).

## 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 CHI96LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA341), Sep 17, 1996: Cessna 152 (N757PC), Lakeville, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in the hard landing.

## Other reports on N757PC (1)

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

- [Accident 19780909027599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780909027599A), Sep 9, 1978: Cessna A150K (N757PC), Deming, NM, Substantial damage

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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