# Accident 19980803040089A: Cessna 152, Norman, OK, August 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1998, 10:40 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)
- Location: 35.2509° N, 97.4609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2509&lon=-97.4609&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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA346) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980803040089A

## Narrative

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

(.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 SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 SUPERVISED SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS SUPERVISING THE FLIGHT FROM THE RAMP, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.  HE OBSERVED THE FIRST TOUCH AND GO TO BE "OK."  DURING THE SECOND APPROACH, THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE STUDENT FLARED "IMPROPERLY" AND MADE A GO AROUND WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN.  ON THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO, HE OBSERVED THE STUDENT FLARE "IMPROPERLY" AGAIN. FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOUND BY A FAA INSPECTOR WAS A BUCKLED ENGINE FIREWALL, AND WRINKLED LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN.                      (-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO, MAKING PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS  WHEN HE PORPOISED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 FTW98LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA346), Aug 3, 1998: Cessna 152 (N93116), Norman, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's delayed landing flare resulting in a hard landing and his improper recovery procedures for a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N93116 (2)

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

- [Accident 19971018039629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018039629A), Oct 18, 1997: Cessna 152 (N93116), Norman, OK, Substantial damage. First solo. Flared high. Stalled bounced. Added power and porpoised. Nose gear folded. Damaged gear prop firewall. (-23) student pilot soloing, doing touch and…
- [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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