# Incident 19970806021249I: Cessna 152, Kent, OH, August 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1997, 13:15 local time
- Place: Kent, OH
- Airport: Kent State Univ Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1457° N, 81.3644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1457&lon=-81.3644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4656B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4656B-2013-11-19) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970806021249I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (-23)THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS RETURNING TO KENT STATE AIRPORT (1G3) FROM HER FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  SHE STATED THAT SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE FIRST APPROACH AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.  ON HER SECOND APPROACH EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD ON TOUCHING DOWN WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN IT CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT HAD A HIGH SINK RATE AND LANDED FIRMLY ON THE MAIN GEAR IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO STRIKE THE GROUND HARD.  THE RIM OF THE TIRE FRACTURED FROM THE IMPACT, AND THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE AT THE TOP CENTER.

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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