# Accident 19970627016279A: Cessna 152, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1908° N, 80.1692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1908&lon=-80.1692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6597Q (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: 82 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627016279A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY AND RAN OFF SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO HOLE WHILE ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR STATED THAT THE STUDENT MADE A HARD LANDING, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN TOUCHED DOWN HARD AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.                                            (-23) BASED UPON INVESTIGATION THIS WAS NOT AN AIRWORTHY ISSUE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST HAS AN ANNUAL COMPLETED AND WAS IN AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE SPINNER, PROP. BLADES, EXHAUST, ENGINE MOUNT, FIRE WALL, FUSELAGE: HOLE 2" X 1 1/2" UNDER CABIN FUSELAGE WHICH CAUSED BUCKLING OF LFT & RT SKIN ON EITHER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD; RIGHT-HAND STRUT BUCKLED & PULLED AWAY FROM FUSELAGE, NOSE COWLING CRUSHED.  ATTACHED ARE THREE PAGES OF INSP. JONES' NOTES.  PILOT FAILED TO FLARE ON LANDING UPON RETURN TO FXE FROM THIRD SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY.

## 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 MIA97LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA197), Jun 27, 1997: Cessna 152 (N6597Q), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the nose landing 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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