# Accident 19970508015859A: Cessna 152, College Station, TX, May 8, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1997, 13:10 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93124, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93124) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 12 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970508015859A

## Narrative

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

SECOND SOLO LANDED FLAT. BALLOONED ADDED POWER HIT RUNWAY ON NOSE CAUSING IT TO FOLD. STOPPED ON RUNWAY. (-23) ON MAY 8, 1997, AT 1304 CDT, A CESSNA 152 N93124 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED ON LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT, ALICE KRISTINA HEJL, WAS ON HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO. ON THIS LANDING, SHE TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE WHEELS AND BALLOONED BACK UP INTO THE AIR. POWER WAS APPLED AS IF INITIATING A GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED BACK DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ABOUT TWENTY FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT THIS WAS HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO. SHE STATED THAT SHE 'SET UP A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND AND SHE TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE WHEELS.' SHE FURTHER STATED THAT 'THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED UP (PORPOISING) THREE TO FIVE FEET IN THE AIR.'  THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE, BUT THE AIRPLANE CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE STUDENT PILOT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ADDED THAT THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS ON ALL THREE TIRES BUT 'THE TOUCH DOWN WAS SMOOTH.'  HE FURTHER STATED THAT 'THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND THE PILOT PITCHED DOWN ALLOWING THE WHEELS TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL FIRST (PITCH ATTITUDE SLIGHTLY NOSE LOW).'  HE REPORTED THAT THE 'SECOND TOUCH DOWN RESULTED IN A PORPOISING THAT COLLAPSED THE NOSE WHEEL.'   THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT DURING THE 'FINAL FEW SECONDS' OF THE LANDING SEQUENCE, HE COULD HEAR POWER BEING APPLIED TO THE AIRPLANE, BUT 'THE NOSE WAS TOO LOW FOR THE PILOT TO INITIATE A CLIMB.'

## 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 FTW97LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA183), May 8, 1997: Cessna 152 (N93124), College Station, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control due to delayed landing flare. A factor was the porpoise encountered during landing.

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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