# Accident 19970620044859A: Cessna 152, Orangeburg, SC, June 20, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1997, 22:30 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Airport: Orangeburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4899° N, 80.8590° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4899&lon=-80.8590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64936, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64936-2008-01-14) (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: 111 total, 31 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620044859A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT CURRENCY FLIGHT. BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. STALLED. IMPACTED RUNWAY. FOLDED NOSE GEAR. (-23) PIC STATED HE WAS PRACTICING NIGHT TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS FOR CURRENCY.  IMPROPERLY JUDGED HEIGHT ON LANDING, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED OFF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO PIC.  (UPGRADED TO ACCIDENT PER CONVERSATION WITH NTSB, OWNER REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FIRE WALL).

## 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 MIA97LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA193), Jun 21, 1997: Cessna 152 (N64936), Orangeburg, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to recover from the bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilots complacency.

## Other reports on N64936 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890815049639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815049639I), Aug 15, 1989: Cessna 152 (N64936), Orangeburg, SC, Minor damage. Student lost control on takeoff from touch and go. Slid off runway. Further dual planned.
- [Incident 19880629024249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880629024249I), Jun 29, 1988: Cessna 152 (N64936), Florence, SC, Minor damage. Landed with a quartering downwind and veered off the runway.

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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