# Accident 19970524011869A: Cessna 152, Minneapolis, MN, May 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1997, 13:55 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Crystal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5499B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5499B-2011-12-08) (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: 58 total, 58 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970524011869A

## Narrative

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

FAILED FLARE LANDING. FOLDED NOSE GEAR. CRUSHED FIREWALL. HAD BOUNCED AND PORPOISED PRIOR STOPPING. (-23) STUDENT PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND STUDENT DID NOT RECOVER.

## 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 CHI97LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA147), May 24, 1997: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Crystal, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's misjudged flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the lack of recent flight time.

## Other reports on N5499B (3)

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

- [Accident 20100418035589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100418035589A), Apr 18, 2010: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Avon Park, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed the lakeland regional airport (lal) enroute to the north perry airport (hwo). About 5 miles west of Avon Park, FL. While flying at 2000…
- [Incident 19911012051919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911012051919I), Oct 12, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Sandstone, MN. Student lost. Following unset gyro. Landed at airport. Took off again. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in field.
- [Accident 19860725037649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860725037649A), Jul 25, 1986: Cessna 152 (N5499B), Duluth, MN, Substantial damage. Solo student landed on a road after engine failed from fuel exhaustion. Wing struck a road sign.

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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