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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Norman, OK · October 18, 1997

Date: October 18, 1997 · 09:40 local
Place: Norman, OK
Airport: University Of Oklahoma
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: QFGS
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N93116
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW98LA023
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 22 total22 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N93116Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15285405 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

First solo. Flared high. Stalled bounced. Added power and porpoised. Nose gear folded. Damaged gear prop firewall. (-23) student pilot soloing, doing touch and go landings. Aircraft was porpoising, landed nose first. Nose gear collapsed. Prop was damaged. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST SOLO. FLARED HIGH. STALLED BOUNCED. ADDED POWER AND PORPOISED. NOSE GEAR FOLDED. DAMAGED GEAR PROP FIREWALL. (-23) STUDENT PILOT SOLOING, DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AIRCRAFT WAS PORPOISING, LANDED NOSE FIRST. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PROP WAS DAMAGED. NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB FTW98LA023Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorman, OKThe pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a porpoise and subsequent collapse of the nose gear.Oct 18, 1997 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N93116 · 2

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

Accident 19980803040089ALevel Off Touchdown · Norman, OK(.4)On August 3, 1998, at 1040 central daylight time, a Cessna 152 airplane, N93116, owned and operated by airman flight school of Norman, Oklahoma, was substantially damaged during landing at westheimer field, Norman, Oklahoma. The student pilot, who was the…Aug 3, 1998 · Substantial damage Incident 19960913034319ILevel Off Touchdown · Ardmore, OKNarrative: the airman, on his first solo cross-country, landed on 35 at Downtown executive airport, Ardmore, Oklahoma. The landing runway was 17. He landed with a slight tailwind and allowed the aircraft to "ballon up" on his first touchdown and then nosed it…Sep 13, 1996 · Minor damage