# Accident 19971018039629A: Cessna 152, Norman, OK, October 18, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1997, 09:40 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: University Of Oklahoma
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QFGS
- Location: 35.2492° N, 97.4606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2492&lon=-97.4606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93116, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93116) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018039629A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 FTW98LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA023), Oct 18, 1997: Cessna 152 (N93116), Norman, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a porpoise and subsequent collapse of the nose gear.

## Other reports on N93116 (2)

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

- [Accident 19980803040089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980803040089A), Aug 3, 1998: Cessna 152 (N93116), Norman, OK, Substantial damage. (.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…
- [Incident 19960913034319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960913034319I), Sep 13, 1996: Cessna 152 (N93116), Ardmore, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: the airman, on his first solo cross-country, landed on 35 at Downtown executive airport, Ardmore, Oklahoma. The landing runway was 17. He landed…

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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