# Accident 19990817012479A: Cessna 152, Ocala, FL, August 17, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1999, 08:40 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1600° N, 82.2095° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1600&lon=-82.2095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5416M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5416M-2015-10-02) (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: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990817012479A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED OCALA REGIONAL ARPT RYW 36, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (.4)DURING HIS SOLO LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS OBSERVED TO PULL THE NOSE UP TO THE LANDING ATTITUDE A LITTLE EARLY, RELATIVE TO THE HEIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY, HOLD THE LANDING ATTITUDE, AND TOUCH DOWN HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE A BOUNCED LANDING. A SERIES OF OSCILLATORY, PORPOISING MANEUVERS RESULTED, AND THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED. THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE COWL.

## 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 MIA99LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA225), Aug 17, 1999: Cessna 152 (N5416M), Ocala, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A misjudged flare and the failure of the student pilot to use the proper recovery technique for a bounced landing, allowing the airplane to commence a porpoise, and the eventual collapse of the nose…

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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