# Accident 19961221042399A: Cessna 152, Phoenix, AZ, December 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1996, 10:16 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6808° N, 112.0897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6808&lon=-112.0897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96049 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961221042399A

## Narrative

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

FIRST SOLO ON THIRD LANDING FLARED LATE WHEEL BARROWED ON NOSE WHEEL AND PORPOISED. FOLDED NOSE GEAR.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, AND HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWO LANDINGS. AFTER THE THIRD APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL, THEN IT ENTERED A PORPOISE. THE NOSE GEAR THEN COLLAPSED.

## 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 LAX97LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA074), Dec 21, 1996: Cessna 152 (N96049), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent porpoise and subsequent overload failure of the nose gear.

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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